J. Riley

TL;DR: This chapter describes the biology of pentastomids and several of the most important deficiencies are outlined and many of the species recovered from zoo autopsies are described.

TL;DR: By using comparative hook data and a standardized annulus counting procedure, it is shown that at least three of the earlier described Raillietiella with blunt tips to the posterior hooks are valid and a new species, R. frenatus, is described.

TL;DR: The life-cycles of the Kiricephalus genus are shown to involve three vertebrate hosts, and eggs are only infective to amphibians, saurians or mammals, and snakes are second intermediate and definitive hosts, the final infection being acquired through ophiophagy.

TL;DR: The life-cycles of two closely related cephalobaenid pentastomids, Raillietiella gehyrae and Railliella frenatus, which utilize geckos as definitive hosts and cockroaches as intermediate hosts, have been investigated in detail.

TL;DR: Using comparative hook measurements and a standardized annulus counting procedure it is shown that the three previously described American species of Porocephalus are distinct, however there is little to relate these to the two African species since they differ in several aspects of their morphology and life-cycles.