Pogonomystrongylus, Smales, L. R., 2014

Smales, L. R., 2014, Gastrointestinal helminths (Cestoda, Chabertiidae and Heligmonellidae) of Pogonomys loriae and Pogonomys macrourus (Rodentia: Muridae) from Papua Indonesia and Papua New Guinea with the description of a new genus and two new species, Zootaxa 3889 (1), pp. 92-106 : 101

Pogonomystrongylus New Genus

Diagnosis. Nippostrongylinae . Synlophe well developed with 7–10 continuous pointed longitudinal ridges, single left ventral ridge hypertrophied: axis of orientation of ridges sub frontal. Bursa asymmetrical, right lobe larger. Pattern of bursal rays 2–3, dorsal ray divided distal to branching of rays from dorsal trunk. Parasites of hydromyin murids.

Type species Pogonomystrongylus domaensis

Etymology. The genus is named after the type host of the type species.