Missimstrongylus, Smales, 2018

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 : 21

3.8 Genus MISSIMSTRONGYLUS Smales, 2018

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Type species: Missimstrongylus oweni Smales, 2018 .

Hosts: Muridae , Murinae ( Rodentia ).

Host site: small intestine.

Distribution: Papua New Guinea.

Original diagnosis: Nippostrongylinae : Synlophe with continuous ridges, 14 in mid body male, ridges unequal in size, ridge 5’ largest, axis of orientation of ridges oblique, from ventral right to dorsal left, lacking a carene (sic). Bursa dissymmetrical, left lobe larger, dorsal lobe shorter than lateral lobes, bursal pattern 1-3-1. Spicule to body length ratio 18-19%. Parasites of murines, Rattini, from Papua New Guinea [ 41].

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Figure 8. Genus Missimstrongylus Smales, 2018. A-A” Missimstrongylus oweni Smales, 2018, section at midbody, male. Source: A redrawn from [41]. A’, A” modified figures: A’ rotated 90° clockwise with respect to the original, A” further reversion of A’ on its frontal axis.