Loa

Loa loa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Filarioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Nematoida Phylum: Nematoda Classis: Chromadorea Ordo: Rhabditida Subordo: Spirurina Infraordo: Spiruromorpha Superfamilia: Filarioidea

Familia: Onchocercidae
Genus: Loa
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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