Synonymy.—Chordodes pilosus Möbius, 1855 [Diesing, 1861.]
Natural host.—Blaberus giganteus, Venezuela (Möbius, 1855): From the insect's abdomen.
Gordius sp.
Natural hosts.—Periplaneta americana, South Africa (Porter, 1930); Germany (Bode, 1936): Bode's record may have referred to a Mermis or other nematode.
Cockroaches, Venezuela (Miall and Denny, 1886; Burr, 1899a; Tejera, 1926).
Parachordodes raphaelis (Camerano, 1893) Camerano, 1897
Synonymy.—Gordius raphaelis Camerano, 1893 [Camerano, 1897].
Natural hosts.—Symploce parenthesis and Kuchinga hemerobina, French Equatorial Africa (Camerano, 1893, 1897).
Undetermined gordian worms
Natural hosts.—Eurycotis floridana, Florida (T. Eisner, personal communication, 1958): See plate 29, B.