Porcine Spirurids ( Spiruroidea- Ascaropidae) recorded from beetles ( Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae) in Papua New Guinea.

Abstract

The Scarabaeine beetles Onthophagus iris and 0. ? heurni, collected in association with pig dung near Mount Hagen, and Onthophagus sp from Madang, Papua New Guinea, show O per cent, 69 per cent and 76 per cent infection rates respectively, with first to third stage larvae of the Ascaropidae nematodes Physocephalus sp and Ascarops sp.