Parasabanema, Smales & Heinrich, 2010

Smales, L. R. & Heinrich, B., 2010, Gastrointestinal nematodes of Paramelomys rubex (Rodentia: Muridae) from Papua Indonesia and Papua New Guinea with the descriptions of three new genera and four new species of Helligmonellidae and Herpetostrongylidae (Nematoda: Trichostrongylida), Zootaxa 2672 (1), pp. 1-28 : 20

Parasabanema new genus

Diagnosis. Nippostrongylinae : Synlophe well developed, with up to 45 pointed ridges: axis of orientation sub frontal, lacking carene. Bursa slightly asymmetrical, right side larger, dorsal lobe about same length as lateral lobes. Pattern of bursal rays 3–2, rays 3 longest. Dorsal ray divided distal to level of branching of rays 8 from dorsal trunk. Parasites of hydromyine murids.

Type species Parasabanema szalayi .

Etymology. The genus name reflects similarity to the genus Sabanema .