Rodentanema, Smales, 2016

Durette-Desset, Marie-Claude & Digiani, María Celina, 2023, Revision of the genera of Heligmonellidae (Nematoda, Heligmosomoidea), parasitic in Muridae from New Guinea, Parasite (Paris, France) 30 (63), pp. 1-34 : 18

3.6 RODENTANEMA Smales, 2016 ( Fig. 6 )

Type species: Rodentanema aenigma Smales, 2016 .

Hosts: Muridae , Murinae ( Rodentia ).

Host site: small intestine.

Distribution: Papua New Guinea.

Original diagnosis: Heligmonellidae . Nippostrongylinae . Synlophe well developed with 6-7 continuous pointed longitudinal ridges mid body. Buccal capsule relatively well developed, without lips or teeth. Cephalic vesicle present. Bursa dissymmetrical, right lobe larger, dorsal lobe short; pattern of lateral rays 1-4; dorsal ray divided close to distal end. Spicules simple, filiform. Female monodelphic; small number eggs in utero; tail without terminal spike. Parasites of murine rodents indigenous to the island of New Guinea [ 38].

Figures

Figure 6. Genus Rodentanema Smales, 2016. A–D’. Rodentanema aenigma Smales, 2016. A–B’ head. A lateral or median view showing buccal capsule. B, B’ apical view. C, D sections at midbody. C male, D, D’ female. Abbreviations: bc buccal capsule. Source: A–D redrawn from [38]. B’, D’ modified figures: B’ six lips instead five. D’ rotated 90° counterclockwise with respect to the original.