Taranchonema, Digiani & Durette-Desset, 2013

Digiani, MarÍa Celina & Durette-Desset, Marie-Claude, 2013, Taxonomic revision of the genus Neoheligmonella Durette-Desset, 1971 (Nematoda, Heligmonellidae) parasitic in Muridae mainly from the Ethiopian Region, Zoosystema 35 (4), pp. 479-488 : 485

Genus Taranchonema n. gen.

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DIAGNOSIS. — Heligmonellidae , Nippostrongylinae . Synlophe with 13-14 ridges at mid-body in both sexes. Careen absent. Left ridge and right ridge very large. On dorsal side, ridges of similar size. On ventral left quadrant, latero-median gradient in ridge size present or absent, ridges on right ventral quadrant smallest. Axis of orientation oblique. Bursa subsymmetrical. Characteristic bursal pattern of type 2-3 tending to 2-2-1. Dorsal ray divided within distal third. Spicules ending in one tip. SpL/BL 7.4-8.7%. Ut/BL 12.8-18.9%. Parasites of Ethiopian Muridae .

TYPE SPECIES. — Neoheligmonella acomysi Durette- Desset & Gibson, 1990, by original designation.

HOSTS. — Muridae .

HOST SITE. — Small intestine.

DISTRIBUTION. — Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Somalia.

ETYMOLOGY. — This genus is named in honour of Mr Pierre Taranchon (MNHN) for his gracious help in the management of the Helminthological Collections of the MNHN during ten years.

Figures

FIG. 1. — Synlophes of females at mid-body: A-C, after Durette-Desset (1970), modified; A, Neoheligmonella (Neoheligmonella) based on Neoheligmonella (Neoheligmonella) houini (Durette-Desset, 1970); B, Neoheligmonella (Duplantierus) n. subgen. based on Neoheligmonella (Duplantierus) bainae (Durette-Desset, 1970); C, Dioufnema n. gen. based on Dioufnema lemniscomysi (Durette- Desset, 1970) n. comb.; D, after Durette-Desset & Cassone (1986) modified, Taranchonema n. gen. based on Taranchonema dossoi (Durette-Desset & Cassone, 1986) n. comb. Abbreviations: r, right side; d, dorsal side. Scale bars: 50 µm.