Gastrointestinal nematodes of Paramelomys levipes and P. mollis (Rodentia Muridae) from Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea with the descriptions of three new genera and nine new species (Nematoda)
Author
Smales, Lesley
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-10-20
4861
4
544
572
journal article
9024
10.11646/zootaxa.4861.4.4
db44bc90-2960-490c-8ddb-f16633c03929
1175-5326
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Nippostrongylinae
sp. 1.
(
Fig 10 D, E
)
Three
males and two females were collected from
P. mollis
from
Bichate
,
Arfak Mountains
,
Papua
,
Indonesia
AM
W. 53149.
Tiny worms: Males 1.8,
2.1 mm
long, 43, 47 wide, cephalic vesicle with about 15 annulations, 26 long, oesophagus 220, 230 long, spicules 190–200 long with a small slightly dissymmetric bursa. Females 2.1, 2.1 long, 50, 66 wide, cephalic vesicle 30, oesophagus 260, 290 long, vulva opening 80 from tail tip, tail reflexed ventrally, 20 long, 5–
6 eggs
in utero, eggs thin shelled, ellipsoidal 52.8 long, 33.0 wide. Although the morphological characters were consistent with the specimens being a species of
Helgenema
this could not be confirmed because it was not possible to prepare transverse section of the body and describe the synlophe.