Orihel T C, Eberhard M L
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1982 Nov;31(6):1142-7. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1982.31.1142.
Mansonella ozzardi is redescribed from adult worms collected from the subcutaneous tissues of patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) infected with a Haitian strain of the filaria. The worms are small and very slender; females measure about 49 mm in length by 0.15 mm in diameter and males, 26 by 0.07 mm. Haitian (Caribbean) and Colombian (Amazon) forms of the filaria are morphologically identical, as are their microfilariae. Mansonella is most closely related to Tetrapetalonema. Based on taxonomic priority the latter becomes a synonym of Mansonella. As a consequence, T. perstans and T. streptocerca of man in Africa are designated as M. perstans (Manson, 1891) n. comb. and M. streptocerca (Macfie and Corson, 1922) n. comb. Further, M. ozzardi is most closely related to the species M. llewellyni (Price, 1962) n. comb., a parasite of the raccoon, and M. interstitium (Price, 1962) n. comb. found in squirrels, both in North America.
从感染了海地株丝虫的赤猴（Erythrocebus patas）皮下组织采集的成虫重新描述了奥氏曼森线虫。这些线虫小且非常细长；雌虫长约49毫米，直径0.15毫米，雄虫长26毫米，直径0.07毫米。海地（加勒比地区）和哥伦比亚（亚马逊地区）的丝虫形态相同，其微丝蚴也是如此。曼森线虫与四瓣线虫关系最为密切。根据分类学上的优先权，后者成为曼森线虫的同义词。因此，非洲人体内的常现四瓣线虫和链尾四瓣线虫分别被指定为常现曼森线虫（曼森，1891年）新组合和链尾曼森线虫（麦克菲和科尔森，1922年）新组合。此外，奥氏曼森线虫与浣熊寄生虫卢氏曼森线虫（普赖斯，1962年）新组合以及北美松鼠体内发现的间质曼森线虫（普赖斯，1962年）新组合关系最为密切。
