FAMILY Filariidae Weinland, 1858 [Cobbold 1879] [=Filariadae Baird, 1853] [?] [=Filaridia Rafinesque, 1815] SUBFAMILY Filariinae Weinland, 1858 [Stiles 1907b] GENUS Anomofilaria Wehr, 1936 [nomen nudum] GENUS Cardiofilaria Wehr, 1936:61 [nomen solum; Dipetalonematinae] GENUS Lipofilaria Wehr, 1936 [nomen nudum] GENUS Pneumofilaria Wehr, 1936 [nomen nudum] [=Pseudofilariinae Sonin, 1971] GENUS Bhalfilaria Bhalerao & Krishna Rao, 1944:35 [incertae sedis] TYPE SPECIES Bhalfilaria badani Bhalerao & Rao, 1944 [India; species inquirenda, male unknown] GENUS Dirofilarionema Sonin, 1963 [incertae sedis] TYPE SPECIES Dirofilarionema ulari Gagarin, 1954 [ species inquirenda] GENUS Filaria Mueller, 1787 [=Falaria Leidy, 1904:190] [misspelling] [=Fibaria Anacker, 1903:12] [lapsus] [=Filaraia Rudolphi, 1809:69] [misspelling] [=Filariu Magal in Silva Lima, 1877] [misspelling] [=Filarla Gistl, 1857:878] [misspelling] [=Fileraria Castellani & Chalmers, 1910:408] [misspelling] [=Filia Mueller, 1897:6] [misspelling] [=Filiaria Campbell & Lacroix, 1907] [misspelling] [=Filiaris Anonymous, 1826:167] [misspelling] [=Filiria Assmuss, 1865] [misspelling] [=Filoria Nordmann, 1832] [misspelling] [=Filuria Creplin, 1846:150] [misspelling] [=Hyracofilaria Orlepp, 1937] [=Solenonema Diesing, 1861] [in Phyllostoma; ?] [=Tilaria Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1790:3024] [misspelling] SPECIES Filaria acuta Diesing [Podiceps cristatus (Bird)] SPECIES Filaria acutiuscula Molin, 1858:388 [Canis familiaris, azaree - Mammal] SPECIES Filaria bakerhugoti Chabaud & Mohammad, 1989:52 [host Hystrix africaeaustralis in Mammalia] SPECIES Filaria carvalhoi Fretas & Lent, 1937 SPECIES Filaria cephalophi Chabaud & Rousselot, 1956 [Description; Chabaud, Landau & Petit 1978 p.286; host Cephalophus dorsalis castaneus] SPECIES Filaria cingulum Linstow, 1902 SPECIES Filaria cochleata Railliet, 1916 SPECIES Filaria conica Molin, 1858 SPECIES Filaria cordicola Linstow, 1905 [Sprehn 1932c; host Equus asinus, E. caballus] SPECIES Filaria demarquayi [Homo sapiens - Mammal] SPECIES Filaria dentata [Ardea alba (Bird)] SPECIES Filaria emmae Stossich, 1897 SPECIES Filaria falconis [Gmelin Falco peregrinus (Bird)] SPECIES Filaria flabellata Linstow [Cyanops ramsayi (Bird)] SPECIES Filaria foveolata Molin [Falco comunis (Bird)] SPECIES Filaria gossi Baylis, 1923 SPECIES Filaria haje Wedl, 1862 SPECIES Filaria hominis [Homo sapiens - Mammal; as subspecies of sanguinis] SPECIES Filaria hyracis (Ortlepp, 1937) [host Hyrax] [=Hyracofilaria hyracis Ortlepp, 1937] SPECIES Filaria kitti Sedlemeier, 1931 SPECIES Filaria labiata Creplin [Ciconia nigra (Bird)] SPECIES Filaria latala Chabaud & Mohammad, 1989:53 [host Panthera leo in Mammalia] SPECIES Filaria martis Gmelin, 1790 SPECIES Filaria medinensis [Homo sapiens - Mammal] SPECIES Filaria melis Chabaud & Mohammad, 1989:50 [host Meles meles in Mammalia] SPECIES Filaria mucronata Molin [Boa constrictor (Reptile)] SPECIES Filaria ninni Stossich [Corvus cornix (Bird)] SPECIES Filaria obtusa Rudolphi [Rattus norvegicus - Mammal] SPECIES Filaria obvelata Creplin [Larus canus (Bird)] SPECIES Filaria papillosa [Equus caballus - Mammal] SPECIES Filaria perforans Molin [Mustela foina - Mammal] SPECIES Filaria piscicolah Linstow, 1906 SPECIES Filaria quadrispina Diesing [Mustela foina - Mammal] SPECIES Filaria quadrituberculata [Rana catesbeiana (Reptile)] SPECIES Filaria rhytipleuritis Deslongchamps, 1824 SPECIES Filaria russelli Tadros, 1964c [host Leopard] SPECIES Filaria seguini Mathis & Leger, 1909 SPECIES Filaria serrata Linton, 1892 SPECIES Filaria spicularis Neumann, 1909 [host Ostrich] SPECIES Filaria spiricauda Leidy [Phoca vitulina - Mammal] SPECIES Filaria taxidae [Mephitis mephitis - Mammal] SPECIES Filaria terebra Diesing [Cervus elaphus - Mammal] SPECIES Filaria tuberosa Linstow, 1906 SPECIES Filaria vesterae Chabaud & Mohammad, 1989:54 [host Pedetes capensis in Mammalia] [=Filaria versterae Chabaud & Mohammad, 1989] [misspelling ??; Redescription; Anderson, Gustafson & Williams 1998 p.146] GENUS Indofilaria Alwar, Seneviratna & Gopal, 1959 [related Parafilaria] TYPE SPECIES Indofilaria pattabiramani Alwar, Seneviratna & Gopal, 1959 [ species inquirenda, male unknown] GENUS Paracanthocheilonema Vladimirov in Bulginskaya, Vladimirov & Markov, 1959:55 TYPE SPECIES Paracanthocheilonema wite (Krepkogroskaja, 1933):88 [ hosts Rhombomys opimus and Meriones erythrourus; as vite] [=Litomosa wite Krepkogroskaja, 1933] GENUS Parafilaria Yorke & Maplestone, 1926 SPECIES Parafilaria antipini Ruchljadev, 1947 SPECIES Parafilaria bassoni Ortlepp, 1962 [host Antidorcas marsupialis] SPECIES Parafilaria bovicola Tubangui, 1934 [Description; Tongson, Gegato & Canillas 1981 p.43; Redescription; Bain 1981 p.527] SPECIES Parafilaria multipapillosa Condamine & Drouilly, 1878 SPECIES Parafilaria sahaii [Bos taurus - Mammal] GENUS Parasaurositus Gupta & Johri, 1989 [Type is P. yamagutii] SPECIES Parasaurositus yamagutii Gupta & Johri, 1989:132 [host Trionyx gangeticus in Reptilia] GENUS Pseudodiomedenema Gupta & Johri, 1989 [Type is P. cameroni] SPECIES Pseudodiomedenema cameroni Gupta & Johri, 1989:109 [host Upupa epops in Aves] GENUS Pseudofilaria Sandground, 1936 [nomen nova; ref. Sonin 1971] [=Protofilaria Sandground, 1935] [praeocc. Chandler 1929] SPECIES Pseudofilaria giraffae Shoho & Sachs, 1975 SPECIES Pseudofilaria pertenue Rodhain, 1919 [Central Africa; host Cephalophus sylvicultor] GENUS Scytofilaria Wehr, 1936 GENUS Struthiofilaria Noda & Nagata, 1976:28 TYPE SPECIES Struthiofilaria megalocephala Noda & Nagata, 1976 [ host Struthio camelus in Aves] GENUS Suifilaria Ortlepp, 1937 TYPE SPECIES Suifilaria suis Ortlepp, 1937 [ host Sus scrofa] GENUS Tipasella Seurat, 1921:33 GENUS Tricheilonema Diesing, 1861 [=Schizocheilonema Diesing, 1861] SPECIES Tricheilonema megalochilum Diesing, 1851 SUBFAMILY Stephanofilariinae Wehr, 1935 GENUS Stephanofilaria Ihle & Ihle-Landenberg, 1933 [Description; Chatterjee 1983 p.163] SPECIES Stephanofilaria andamani [Bubalus bubalis - Mammal] SPECIES Stephanofilaria assamensis Pande, 1936 SPECIES Stephanofilaria boomkeri Bain, van der-Lugt & Kazadi, 1996:381 [host Sus scrofa in Mammalia] SPECIES Stephanofilaria dedoesi Ihle & Ihle-Landenberg, 1933 SPECIES Stephanofilaria dinniki Round, 1964 [host Diceros bicornis] SPECIES Stephanofilaria jaheeri [Bos taurus - Mammal] SPECIES Stephanofilaria kaeli Buckley, 1937 SPECIES Stephanofilaria okinawaensis Ueno & Chibana, 1977:17 [mammalian host] SPECIES Stephanofilaria srivastavai [Elephas indicus - Mammal] SPECIES Stephanofilaria stilesi Chitwood, 1934 SPECIES Stephanofilaria thelazioides Boomker, Bain, Chabaud & Kriek, 1995:205 [host Hippopotamus amphibius in Mammalia] SPECIES Stephanofilaria zaheeri Singh, 1958