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Citellina

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Citellina is a genus of nematodes within the Oxyuridae family. Species of this genus typically parasitise marmots and ground squirrels of holarctic distribution.[1] It was initially defined by Prendel in 1928, with the type species Citellina dispar[2]

Citellina triradiata has been recovered from the Spotted Ground Squirrel (Xerospermophilus spilosoma),[3] and Citellina undulata is described from the Long-tailed Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus undulatus).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Hugot, JP. "The genus Citellina (Oxyuridae, Nematoda)". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. doi:10.1051/parasite/1980551097.
  2. ^ Read, Clark P. (1957). "The Oxyurid Nematodes of Rodents I. The Genus Citellina Prendel". The Journal of Parasitology. 43 (4): 446–450. doi:10.2307/3274673. JSTOR 3274673. PMID 13463692.
  3. ^ Broda, Ronald J.; Schmidt, Gerald D. (1978). "Endoparasites of the spotted ground squirrel, Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett, 1833, from Colorado". Journal of Helminthology. 52 (4): 323–326. doi:10.1017/S0022149X00005563. S2CID 86644871.
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Citellina: Brief Summary

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Citellina is a genus of nematodes within the Oxyuridae family. Species of this genus typically parasitise marmots and ground squirrels of holarctic distribution. It was initially defined by Prendel in 1928, with the type species Citellina dispar

Citellina triradiata has been recovered from the Spotted Ground Squirrel (Xerospermophilus spilosoma), and Citellina undulata is described from the Long-tailed Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus undulatus).

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