Paramelomystrongylus, Smales, 2020

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 : 28

3.11 Genus PARAMELOMYSTRONGYLUS Smales, 2020 ( Fig. 11 )

Type and sole species: Paramelomystrongylus dessetae Smales, 2020 .

Hosts: Muridae , Murinae , Hydromyini ( Rodentia ).

Host site: small intestine.

Distribution: New Guinea.

Original diagnosis: Paramelomystrongylus new genus: Heligmonellidae , Nippostrongylinae. Synlophe well developed, with 13-16 pointed longitudinal ridges, dorsal ridges continuous, ventral ridges disrupted. Carene supported by 2 hypertrophied ridges, left ventral ridge largest; ridges unequal in size, ridges supporting carene (sic) and ridges associated with right lateral side largest. Axis of orientation of ridges sub frontal. Bursal pattern 2-3. Dorsal ray divided within distal half. Spicule to body length ratio 15%. Parasites of uromyin murids [ 43].

Figures

Figure 11. Genus Paramelomystrongylus Smales, 2020. Body sections. A–D’ Paramelomystrongylus dessetae Smales, 2020. A, A’ within proximal body, female. B at midbody, male. C, C’ within distal part, female. D, D’ at midbody, female. A, B, C: Synlophe of type I. D: Synlophe of type II. Source: A–D redrawn from [43]. A’, C’, D’ modified sections: A’, C’ numbering of ridges. D’ rotation clockwise and numbering of ridges with respect to the original.