Gongylonema, Molin, 1857

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5239.2.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4AFDDAD0-55C4-4921-8A82-455DFB01E437
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7636441
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039587DF-FF92-FFA2-FF68-FB13FA59B0C8
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Gongylonema
status

Key to species of Gongylonema from some Australian vertebrate hosts

1. Males with 2 lateral alae................................................................................ 2

Males with 1 lateral ala....................................................................... G. beveridgei

2. Left spicule length>11,000µm........................................................................... 3

Left spicule length <7000µm............................................................................ 4

3. Left spicule without barbed tip distally, vulva> 12mm from anterior end................................. G. alecturae

Left spicule with blunt barbed tip distally, vulva <9mm from anterior end...................... G. macropodum sp. nov.

4. Left spicule length>4000µm........................................................... G. bettongiae sp. nov.

Left spicule length <1000µm............................................................................ 5

5. Left spicule length>800µm, vulva>5000µm from anterior end............................... G. aguilarense sp. nov.

Left spicule length <700µm, vulva <5000µm from anterior end..................................... G. neoplasticum