Loa

Loa loa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Filarioidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Cycloneuralia
Cladus: Nematoida
Phylum: Nematoda
Classis: Chromadorea
Ordo: Rhabditida
Subordo: Spirurina
Infraordo: Spiruromorpha
Superfamilia: Filarioidea

Familia: Onchocercidae
Genus:
Species: L. extraocularis – L. inquirenda – L. loa – L. papionis

Name

Loa Stiles, 1905: 150

  • Type species: Filaria loa Cobbold, 1864 (by original designation)

Synonymy

  • Paraloa Rodhain & Van den Berghe, 1939

References

Primary references

  • Stiles, C.W. & Hassal, A. 1905. The determination of generic types and a list of roundworm genera, with their original type species. Bulletin of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture 79: 1–150. Archive Reference page. 
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