| cercopithifilaria rugosicauda (spirurida, onchocercidae) in a roe deer and ticks from southern italy. | cercopithifilaria rugosicauda (spirurida, onchocercidae) is a subcutaneous filarial nematode of the european roe deer (capreolus capreolus) transmitted by ixodes ricinus (acari, ixodidae). at the necropsy of a roe deer from the parco regionale di gallipoli cognato (basilicata region, southern italy), two female nematodes of c. rugosicauda were found. following the necropsy, seven skin snips were sampled from different body regions and 96 i. ricinus ticks were collected. in addition, 240 ticks we ... | 2013 | 24533349 |
| redescription of cercopithifilaria rugosicauda (böhm & supperer, 1953) (spirurida: onchocercidae) of roe deer, with an emended diagnosis of the genus cercopithifilaria and a genetic characterisation. | newly collected material of cercopithifilaria rugosicauda from roe deer capreolus capreolus was analysed and compared to descriptions of c. rugosicauda from austria and hungary. the present specimens were assigned to the genus cercopithifilaria using both morphological and molecular analyses. complementary morphological data on the males and microfilariae of c. rugosicauda were described. the main morphological characters of different species of cercopithifilaria were outlined and an emended gen ... | 2014 | 25108130 |