Flannerystrongylus, Smales, 2019

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 : 23

3.9 Genus FLANNERYSTRONGYLUS Smales, 2019 ( Fig. 9 )

Type species: Flannerystrongylus abulus Smales, 2019 .

Hosts: Muridae , Murinae ( Rodentia ).

Site: small intestine.

Distribution: New Guinea.

Other species: Flannerystrongylus chisholmae Smales, 2020 .

Original diagnosis: Heligmonellidae , Nippostrongylinae. Synlophe well developed with 14-16 continuous, pointed, evenly-sized, longitudinal ridges; axis of orientation of ridges sub-frontal anteriorly. Bursa dissymmetrical, left lobe larger. Pattern of bursal rays 2-3, dorsal ray divided at level of branching of rays (8) from dorsal trunk. Parasites of uromyin murids [ 42].

3.9.1 Analysis of data and difficulties encountered

Figures

Figure 9. Genus Flannerystrongylus Smales, 2019. Body sections. A–C Flannerystrongylus abulus Smales, 2019. A, A’ within proximal body, female. B, C at midbody. B male, C female. D–E’ Flannerystrongylus chisholmae Smales, 2020. D–E’ at midbody. D, D’ male. E, E’ female. Abbreviation: cu, cuticle. Sources: A–C redrawn from [42]; D, E redrawn from [43]. A’, B’, D’, E’: modified figures: A’ rotation clockwise, re-numbering of ridges with respect to the original. B’ rotation clockwise. D’, E’ addition of external cuticular lining. D’ re-numbering of ridges.