Melomystrongylus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Strongylida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Nematoida Phylum: Nematoda Classis: Chromadorea Ordo: Rhabditida Subordo: Strongylida

Familia: Heligmonellidae
Subfamilia: Nippostrongylinae
Genus: Melomystrongylus
Species (2): M. sepikensis – M. somoroensis

Name

• Melomystrongylus Smales, 2009
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Melomystrongylus sepikensis Smales, 2009
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 9] [and monotypy]
  • Placement in Nippostrongylinae: Smales (2009: 9)

[source: Smales (2009: 9)]

References

• Smales, L.R. 2009: Helminths of Melomys rufescens and Melomys spp. (Muridae: Hydromyinae) from Papua New Guinea with the descriptions of a new genus and five new species in the Heligmonellidae (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea). Raffles bulletin of zoology, 57(1): 5–15. PDF
• Smales, L.R.; Heirich, 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: 1–28. Preview

Links

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