title: Development of the nematode eyeworm, Thelazia skrjabini (Nematoda: Thelazioidea), in experimentally infected face flies, Musca autumnalis (Diptera: Muscidae).
abstract: The development of Thelazia skrjabini Erschow, 1928, was studied in experimentally infected laboratory-reared Musca autumnalis De Geer. Thelazia skrjabini developed to the infective third stage in a minimum of 9 days in M. autumnalis maintained at 27 +/- 2 C. First-stage larvae were not observed postinoculation, but second-stage larvae were first observed 3 days postinoculation. Development was asynchronous. Second- and third-stage larvae occur in capsules, occasionally in the head but primarily in the abdomen attached to fat bodies. First-stage larvae have anteriorly 1 ventral and 2 dorsal hooks, directed posteriorly. Second-stage larvae have 4 submedian cephalic papillae and faint annular striations. Third-stage larvae have 6 labial papillae, 4 submedian cephalic papillae and pronounced annulations. Morphometric studies of each larval stage were performed with specimens in glycerine.
authors.affiliation: Alberta Agriculture, Veterinary Pathology Branch, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: O'Hara
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009117:Muscidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D013802:Thelazioidea / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000648:ultrastructure