by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
Turgida turgida (Rudolphi, 1819) Travassos, 1920 Turgidaturgida is a common parasite of the stomachs of opossums, Didelphisvirginiana and Didelphisparaguayensis, in North and South America. The life cycle is similar to that of various Physaloptera species with which...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
Abbreviata gemina (von Linstow, 1899) Abbreviatagemina was originally described from the stomach and small intestine of a domestic cat in Egypt under the name of Physalopteragemina by von Linstow. Other potential synonyms are Physaloptera caucasica Linstow, 1902, and...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
Physaloptera pacitae Tubangi, 1925 This species was described (Tubangui, 1925) on the basis of specimens collected from worms encysted in the stomach wall of a cat in Los Baños, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines. It seems that there have been no additional reports of...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
Physaloptera rara Hall & Wigdor, 1918 ETYMOLOGY:Physalis = bubble and ptero = wing, along with rara = rarus (thin) SYNONYMS:Physalopterafelidis Ackert, 1936 HISTORY:Physalopterarara was originally described by Hall and Wigdor (1918) from the dog. This worm is now...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
`Physaloptera brevispiculum von Linstow, 1906 This worm has been described on a single occasion from specimens collected from a rusty-spotted cat, Felis rubiginosa, in Kandy, Ceylon (von Linstow, 1906). These worms were about a cm long and the male had spicules that...
