Nippostrongylinae

Smales, L. R., 2014, Gastrointestinal helminths (Cestoda, Chabertiidae and Heligmonellidae) of Pogonomys loriae and Pogonomys macrourus (Rodentia: Muridae) from Papua Indonesia and Papua New Guinea with the description of a new genus and two new species, Zootaxa 3889 (1), pp. 92-106 : 95-96

Nippostrongylinae species 2

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Three males from a host collected 12 k north west of Tep Tep at 1900m, Madang Province, 26. xi. 1975 by A. B. Mirza BBM NG 105004.

Coiled worms, 5.15 mm long, 1100 wide; synlophe 15 ridges, ridge 1 largest dorsally, ridges 5’ 6’ largest ventrally at mid body. Cervical vesicle 37.5–55 long; oesophagus 350–375 long, deirids 250 from anterior end; excretory pore not seen. Bursa more or less symmetrical, dorsal lobe shorter than lateral lobe; spicules filiform, tips simple, 350–410, gubernaculum 37 long. The number and configuration of the ridges of the synlophe of these specimens do not resemble the features of any known species of the subfamily.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Nippostrongylinae species: Nippostrongylinae sp. 1. Females. 1. Posterior end, lateral view; 2. Transverse section, mid body; 3. Anterior end, ventral view, arrow indicating deirid. Nippostrongylinae sp. 2, Males. 4. Transverse section, mid body; 5. Anterior end, lateral view, arrow indicating deirid; 6. Bursa, left lateral view; 7. Spicule tip; 8. Gubernaculum, lateral view. Abbreviations: d, dorsal; v, ventral; l, left; r, right; long arrow shows axis of orientation of synlophe. Scale bars in µm: 1 – 6, 50; 7, 25; 8, 12.5.