Genus Streptocara Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912

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• Streptocara Railliet, A., Henry, A. & Sisoff, P. 1912. The affinity of Dispharagae (Acuaria Bremser), parasitical nematodes of birds. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Societe de Biologie et de Ses Filiales 73: 622-624 [623].

  Type species:

   Spiroptera crassicauda Creplin, 1829 (= Streptocara crassicauda (Creplin, 1829) Skrjabin, 1915) by original designation.
• Yseria Gedoelst, L. 1919. Le genre Histiocephalus et les espèces qui y ont ete rapportees. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Societe de Biologie et de Ses Filiales 82: 901-903 [901].
• Prionostemma Gendre, E. 1920. Un genre nouveau d'Acuariinae. Procès Verbaux de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 72: 40-42 [40].
• Koriakinema Oshmarin, P.G. 1949. Spirurata and Filariata. In, Skryabin, K. I., Shikhobalova, N. P. & Mozgovoi, A.A. Descriptive catalogue of parasitic nematodes. Vol 1 519 pp. [155].

Introduction

Several authors have recorded unidentified Streptocara from Australian birds e.g., Johnston & Mawson (1942), Mawson et al. (1986) and Munday & Green (1972).

General References

Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1942. Some avian nematodes from Tailem Bend, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 66: 71-73 [72]

Mawson, P.M., Angel, L.M. & Edmonds, S.J. 1986. A checklist of helminths from Australian birds. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 19: 219-325

Munday, B.L. & Green, R.H. 1972. Parasites of Tasmanian native and feral fauna. Part 2. Helminthes. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 44: 1-15 [12]

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