by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
Pterygodermatites cahirensis (Jägerskiöld, 1909) Barus, Petavy, Deblock, and Tenora, 1996 ETYMOLOGY:Pterygo = wing and dermatites refering to the lateroventral cuticular spines or wings and cahirensis referring to the original description being from cats in Cairo,...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 17, 2014
RICTULARIOIDEA This group of spirurid nematodes consists of a single genus, Pterygodermatites, that has been recovered from cats. The adults of these worms live in the small intestine and utilize insect intermediate hosts. The larvae can also survive in paratenic...
