Paramelomystrongylus, Smales, 2020

Smales, Lesley, 2020, 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), Zootaxa 4861 (4), pp. 544-572 : 563

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.4.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2297FB97-3C02-42B0-B811-019646E33C0C

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4427128

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/426AFB8D-1C93-43DC-9E50-541F54743796

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:426AFB8D-1C93-43DC-9E50-541F54743796

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Paramelomystrongylus
status

gen. nov.

Paramelomystrongylus new genus

Definition. Heligmonellidae , Nippostrongylinae . Synlophe well developed with 13–16 pointed longitudinal ridges, dorsal ridges continuous ventral ridges disrupted. Carene supported by 2 hypertrophied ridges, left ventral ridge largest; ridges unequal in size, ridges supporting carene and ridges associated with right lateral side largest. Axis of orientation of ridges sub frontal. Bursal pattern 2–3. Dorsal ray divided within distal half. Spicule to body length ratio 15%. Parasites of uromyin murids.

Type species Paramelomystrongylus .

Etymology. The genus name is in reference to the host genus.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

SubOrder

Trichostrongylina

Family

Muridae

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