Cardiofilaria nilesi n.sp., Recovered from a Chicken Experimentally Infected with Infective Larvae from Mansonia crassipes

Abstract

Worms obtained from the peritoneal cavity of a chick experimentally infected with infective larvae from Mansonia crassipes are described as Cardiofilaria nilesi n.sp. Pseudaproctella is considered a synonym of Cardiofdaria. Strom, 1937 and Pseudaproctella andersoni var. major Chabaud, Brygoo and Richards, 1964 is named Cardiofdaria chabaudi n.sp.