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Onchocerca lupi

Wikipedia Abstract

The male O. lupi worms are smaller in size than the females. Males are 43–50 mm in length and 120-200 µm in diameter. Females are 275-420 µm in diameter but the total length are unknown while the longest fragments recorded were 160–165 mm. They both are fragile and slender. Life cycle The complete life cycle of O. lupi is still unknown. The black fly, Simulium tribulatum, is reported as a putative vector. Human Cases
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Parasite of 
Canis lupus (Wolf)[1]

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1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0