SPLENDIDOFILARIA WEHRI N.SP. WITH A REVISION OF SPLENDIDOFILARIA AND RELATED GENERA

Abstract

Splendidofilaria wehri n. sp. from the heart of Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni is described and compared with closely related species. Species formerly allocated to Splendidofilaria and Ornithofilaria are reorganized on the basis of the structure of the oesophagus as follows: (a) Splendidofilaria Skrjabin, 1923 (= Ornithofilaria Gönnert, 1937; Ularofilaria Lubimov, 1946; Lophortofilaria Wehr and Herman, 1956); pawlowskyi Skrjabin, 1923, gedoelsti Travassos, 1925, brevispiculum Singh, 1949, verrucosa Oschmarin, 1950, kashmirensis Amir and Ali, 1960, wehri n.sp., mavis (Gönnert, 1937) n.comb., papillocerca (Lubimov, 1946), rotundicephala (Oschmarin, 1950) n.comb., fallisensis (Anderson, 1954) n.comb., algonquinensis (Anderson, 1955) n.comb., californiensis (Wehr and Herman, 1956) n.comb., tuvensis (Spassky and Sonin, 1957) n.comb., böhmi (Supperer, 1958) n.comb., gretillati Chabaud, Anderson and Brygoo, 1959, (b) Chandlerella Yarke and Maplestone, 1926 (= Vagrifilaria Augustine, 1937; Parachandlerella Caballero, 1948); bosei (Chandler, 1924), travassosi (Koroliowa, 1926) n.comb., skrjabini (Petrov and Tschertkowa, 1947) n.comb., columbigallinae (Augustine, 1937) n.comb., stantchinskyi Gilbert, 1932, sinensis Li, 1933, lienalis Orloff, 1947, periarterialis (Caballero, 1948) n.comb., braziliensis Yeh, 1957, singhi Ali, 1957.