Neoncicola

Neoncicola is a genus of parasitic worms containing nine species and belongs to the family Oligacanthorhynchidae.[1]

Neoncicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Acanthocephala
Class: Archiacanthocephala
Order: Oligacanthorhynchida
Family: Oligacanthorhynchidae
Genus: Neoncicola
Schmidt, 1972

Species

There are nine species in the genus Neoncicola.[lower-alpha 1]

  • Neoncicola artibei Smales, 2007[2]

Neoncicola artibei was found infesting the Great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus). The species was named after the genus of the host, Artibeus.[2]

  • Neoncicola avicola (Travassos, 1917)
  • Neoncicola bursata (Meyer, 1931)
  • Neoncicola curvata (von Linstow, 1897)
  • Neoncicola novellae (Parona, 1890)
  • Neoncicola pintoi (Machado-Filho, 1950)
  • Neoncicola potosi (Machado-Filho, 1950)
  • Neoncicola sinensis Schmidt & Dunn, 1974[3]
  • Neoncicola skrjabini (Morosow, 1951)

Notes
  1. A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than the present genus.

References
  1. "Neoncicola Schmidt, 1972". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. Smales, Lesley R. (2007). "Oligacanthorhynchidae (Acanthocephala) from Mammals from Paraguay with the Description of a New Species of Neoncicola". Comparative Parasitology. 74 (2): 237–243.
  3. Schmidt GD, Dunn AM (1974). "Neoncicola sinensis sp. n. (Acanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchidae) from China". J Parasitol. 60 (4): 626–7. PMID 4853322.


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