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Paraheligmonelloides Fukumoto, Kamiya & Suzuki 1980

Description

Paraheligmonelloides Fukumoto, Kamiya & Suzuki, 1980 (Fig. A)

Definition: Heligmonellidae, Nippostrongylinae. Female unknown. At mid-body, 15 cuticular ridges in male. Ridges medium-sized. Ridge 1’ is the left ridge. Left ridge and right ridge of similar size, left ridge thicker. Other ridges smaller. On dorsal side, ridges of equivalent size, with ridge 1 slightly larger. On ventral side, left ridges larger than right ridges. Axes of orientation oblique. Bursa dissymmetrical with right lobe larger. Characteristic bursal pattern of type 2–3 tending to 2-2-1. Dorsal ray divided near base. Spicules ending in one tip. SpL/BL 5%.

Type and sole species: Paraheligmonelloides kenyensis Fukumoto, Kamiya & Suzuki, 1980.

Hosts: Lagomorpha: Leporidae.

Host site: Small intestine.

Distribution: Kenya.

Notes

Published as part of Digiani, Maria Celina & Durette-Desset, Marie-Claude, 2014, Taxonomic revision of the Nippostrongylinae (Nematoda, Heligmonellidae) parasitic in Oriental Muridae. The genus Paraheligmonelloides Fukumoto, Kamiya & Suzuki, 1980, pp. 81-88 in Zootaxa 3884 (1) on page 84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/287459

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References

  • Fukumoto, S., Kamiya, M. & Suzuki, H. (1980) Three Trichostrongylid nematodes from the red rock rabbits Pronolagus sp., in Kenya. The Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research, 28, 129 - 136.