Revision of the genera of Heligmonellidae (Nematoda, Heligmosomoidea), parasitic in Muridae from New Guinea
Author
Durette-Desset, Marie-Claude
Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université,
Author
Digiani, María Celina
CONICET-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina & División Zoología Invertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
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Parasite
2023
Paris, France
2023-12-20
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2023058
journal article
10.1051/parasite/2023058
1776-1042
PMC10732140
38117273
12628842
DC25665A-E218-496B-974E-B813F69395E5
3.1 Genus
MELOMYSTRONGYLUS
Smales, 2009
(
Fig. 1
)
Type
species:
Melomystrongylus sepikensis
Smales, 2009
.
Hosts:
Muridae
,
Hydromyinae
(
Rodentia
).
Site:
small intestine.
Distribution:
Papua New Guinea
.
Other species:
Melomystrongylus somoroensis
Smales & Heinrich, 2010
.
Original diagnosis:
Trichostrongyloidea
:
Heligmonellidae
:
Nippostrongylinae
. Synlophe well developed with pointed ridges; in midbody axis of orientation of ridges passing through ventral right and dorsal left sides inclined about 65
°
from sagittal axis in anterior body, lacking clear orientation in mid and hind body. Ventral ridge 5’ hypertrophied anteriorly. Bursa asymmetrical with larger left lobe. Dorsal ray divided distal to level of branching of rays 8 from dorsal trunk. Parasites of hydromyine murids
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