[Larval morphology and biology of Gongylonema soricis Fain, 1955 (author's transl)].

The spirurid nematode Gongylonema soricis Fain, 1955, the parasite of shrews from Zaïre and Ruanda Urundi has been identified in shrews from Togo. Its infective larva has been obtained experimentally from Periplaneta orientalis as intermediate host. The larval characteristics of G. soricis link it to the G. brevispiculum type, one of the four larval morphological types which have been classified in the genus Gongylonema.