Nycteridostrongylus

  

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Rev: 05/15/2025

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Classification:

         Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha
                  Molineoidea
       Molineidae
Molineinae
                   
                  Nycteridostrongylus Baylis, 1930
      Type species of the genus:  Nycteridostrongylus uncicollis Baylis, 1930

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

 

Females:

  • Vulva towards posterior end of body.
  • Tail of female truncate, with a terminal spike and three conical processes.

Ref: Baylis, 1930

Males:  

  • Bursa with symmetrical lateral lobes and a small dorsal lobe.
  • Ventro-ventral, latero-ventral, and antero-lateral rays all rather close together. Medio-lateral ray widely divergent from autero-lateral, but less so from postero-lateral, which is nearlyequal to it in thickness. Externo-dorsal rays originate from main stem of dorsal ray, near its base. Dorsal ray bifurcate distally, and each of the branches again bifurcate.
  • Prebursal papillae present.
  •  Spicules elongate, tubular and alate proximally, divided distally into two or more processes. An accessory piece apparently present

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

Type species reported from Queensland, Australia/

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Nycteridostrongylus

Intestinal parasites of bats

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Life Cycle:

 

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

 
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References:

Baylis, H.A. 1930. I.-Four new Trichostrongylid Nematodes from Queensland , Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6:31, 1-18,  DOI: 10.1080/00222933008673182

 
Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: May 15, 2025.