Longistriata

  

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Classification:

         Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha
                  Heligmosomoidea
       Heligmosomidae
Heligmosominae
                   
                  Longistriata Schulz, 1926
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    Note: Longistriata is also the genus name of a taxon of mushrooms.

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    Morphology and Anatomy:

    Bursate nematodes

     

     

    Longistriata nepalensis A,B,C: Transverse sections of female between mid-body and uterus level; D: Female anterior; E,F: Female posterior; G: male caudal bursa. Bars: A,B,C,D,F,G 50 mu; E: 100 mu.

    Drawings from Durette-Desset,  1973.

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    Females:

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    Distribution:

    Several species described from insectivore shrews (family Soricidae) in Nepal.

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    Feeding:

    Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Longistriata

    Intestinal parasites of rodents, including insectivores forms.  Hosts include rats, mice, squirrels, shrews.

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    Life Cycle:

     

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    References:

    Durette-Desset M.C. 1973. New trichostrongylid nematodes parasitic in soricid insectivores in Nepal: description of Suncinema murini ng, n. sp., an intermediate form showing the link between subfamily Molineinae and some Heligmosiomidae. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist, nat., Paris, 3e ser.,136, Zoologie 100 : 759-774.

    Schulz, R.S. 1926. Zur Kenntnis der Helminthenfauna der Nagetiere der Union S.S.R. 1. Subordo Strongylata : 1. Farn. Trichostrongylidae Leiper, 1912. Trudy Gosudarstv. Inst. Ekseper. Vet., 4 (1) : 5-32.

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    Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
    Revised: June 12, 2025.