Philophthalmidae Looss, 1899

Pinto, Hudson Alves & Melo, Alan Lane De, 2011, A checklist of trematodes (Platyhelminthes) transmitted by Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae), Zootaxa 2799, pp. 15-28 : 19

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.200619

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6183056

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scientific name

Philophthalmidae Looss, 1899
status

 

Philophthalmidae Looss, 1899 View in CoL

Philophthalmus distomatosa ( Looss, 1896) View in CoL

Megalurous; birds and mammals; Israel ( Radev et al. 2000).

Philophthalmus gralli Mathis & Leger, 1910 View in CoL

Megalurous; birds and mammals; United States ( Murray & Haines 1969; Nollen & Murray 1978; Tolley-Jordan & Owen 2008), China ( Zhongzhang et al. 1980), Jordan ( Ismail & Issa 1987), India ( Rao & Rao 1981; Karim 1982; Saxena 1984), United Arab Emirates ( Ismail & Arif 1992), Saudi Arabia ( Kalantan et al. 1997), Mexico (Scholz et al. 2000), Venezuela ( Díaz et al. 2002), Zimbabwe ( Mukaratirwa et al. 2005), Brazil ( Pinto & Melo 2010b).

* ( Gutierrez et al. 1987).

Philophthalmus nocturnus Looss, 1907 View in CoL

Megalurous; birds; India (Madhavi et al. 1997).

Diaz, M. T, Hernandez, L. E. & Bashirullah, A. K. (2002) Experimental life cycle of Philophthalmus gralli (Trematoda: Philophthalmidae) in Venezuela. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 50, 629 - 641.

Gutierrez, Y., Grosniklaus, H. E. & Annable, W. L. (1987) Human conjunctivitis caused by the bird parasite Philophthalmu s. American Journal of Ophthalmology, 104, 417 - 419.

Ismail, N. S. & Issa, I. (1987) Life cycle of Philophthalmus gralli (Trematoda: Philophthalmidae) in Azraq Oasis, Jordan. Japanese Journal of Parasitology, 36, 53 - 62.

Ismail, N. S. & Arif, A. M. S. (1992) Occurrence of Philophthalmus gralli Mathis and Leger, 1910 (Trematoda: Philophthalmidae) in a desert spring of the United Arab Emirates. Japanese Journal of Parasitology, 41, 261 - 265.

Kalantan, A. M. N., Arfin, M., Al-Arefi, H. A., Bobshait, H. I., Hamadah, S. A., Al-Thawab, F. H. & Al-Shamrani, A. A. (1997) Occurrence of larval Philophthalmus gralli (Mathis and Leger, 1910) in freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculatus (Muller) from Al- Hafuf, Saudi Arabia and its development into adult in various experimental hosts. Parasitology International, 46, 127 - 136.

Karim, R. (1982) Study on some larval trematodes encountered in the melanid snail Thiara (Melanoides) tuberculata (Muller). Indian Veterinary Journal, 59, 562 - 565.

Looss, A. (1896) Recherches sur la faune parasitaire de l'Egypt. I. Memoires de l'Institut Egyptien, 3, 1 - 252.

Mukaratirwa, S., Hove, T., Cindzi, Z. M., Maononga, D. B., Taruvinga, M. & Matenga, E. (2005) First report of a field outbreak of the Oriental eye-fluke, Philophthalmus gralli Mathis & Leger 1910, in commercially reared ostriches (Struthio camelus) in Zimbabwe. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 72, 203 - 206.

Murray, H. D. & Haines, D. (1969) Philophthalmus sp. (Trematoda) in Tarebia granifera and Melanoides tuberculatus in south Texas. Annual Reports for 1969 of the American Malacological Union, 44 - 45.

Nollen, P. M. & Murray, H. D. (1978) Philophthalmus gralli: identification, growth characteristics, and treatment of an oriental eyefluke of birds introduced into the continental United States. Journal of Parasitology, 94, 178 - 180.

Pinto, H. A. & Melo, A. L. (2010 b) Melanoides tuberculata as intermediate host of Philophthalmus gralli in Brazil. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 52, 323 - 327.

Radev, V., Kanev, I. & Gold, D. (2000) Life cycle and identification of an eyefluke from Israel transmitted by Melanoides tuberculata (Muller, 1774). Journal of Parasitology, 86, 773 - 776.

Rao, P. B. & Rao, B. V. (1981) Developmental stages of the Philophthalmus anatinus Sugimoto, 1928 in the snail. Indian Veterinary Journal, 58, 525.

Saxena, S. K. (1984) Studies on the life history of Philophthalmus lucknowensis Baugh, 1962. III: Rediae and cercariae. Revista Iberica de Parasitologia, 44, 291 - 307.

Tolley-Jordan, L. R. & Owen, J. M. (2008) Habitat influences snail community structure and trematode infection levels in a springfed river, Texas, USA. Hydrobiologia, 600, 29 - 40.

Zhongzhang, T., Chongti, T., Qingquan, C., Xiumin, L., Yullin, W. & Yucheng, H. (1980) Studies of philophtalmosis of domestic fowls in Fujian. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 26, 232 - 242.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Platyhelminthes

Class

Trematoda

SubClass

Digenea

Order

Plagiorchiida

Family

Philophthalmidae