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Classification:

         Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha

                  Heligmosomoidea

       Heligmonellidae

                    Pudicinae

                  Pudica Travassos, 1917

      

Type species of the genus: Pudica pudica (Travassos, 1921) Travassos & Darriba, 1929

    Synonyms:

Evandroia Travassos, 1937

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Strongylidae are thought to have arisen from free-living rhabditoid nematodes (Durette-Dusset et al., 1994).

• Synlophe with well developed carene, made up of two continuous ridges; three to five continuous dorsal ridges, three to five continuous ventral ridges; at least two ventral comaretes normally present.

Ref: Durette and Justine, 1991

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Distribution:

Parasites of caviomorph (New World) rodents

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Pudica

Parasites of caviomorph rodents in families Echimyidae, Dasyproctidae, Myocastoridae and Caviidae.

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Biology and Ecology:

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Life Cycle:

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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

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Management:

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References:

Beveridge, I., Spratt, D.M.  and Durette-Desset, M-C. 2014. Order Strongylida (Railliet and Henry, 1913). In Schmidt-Raesa, A. (ed). Handbook of Zoology: Gastroctricha, Cycloneurelia and Gnathifera. Vol 2. Nematoda. De Gruyter, Berlin.

Durette-Desset, M-C., Beveridge, I., Spratt, D.M. 1994. The origins and evolutionary expansion of the Strongylida (Nematoda). Int. J. Parasitol. 24:1139-1165.

Durette-Desset, M-C. and Justine, J-C. 1991. A cladistic anaklysis of the genera in the subfamily Pudicinae (Nematoda, Trichostrongyloides, Heligmonellidae). Int. Jour. Parasitol. 21:579-587

Durette-Desset, M-C. 1970. Caracteres primitifs de certains Nematodes Heligmosomes parasites de Muridas et de Cricetides orientaux. Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp., 45-829-837.

Travassos, L. 1917. Nematodeos parasitos de roedores. Brazil Medico 31: 35.

Travassos. L. 1921. Contribuiq6es para o conhecimento da fauna helmintolojica brasileira XIII. Ensaio monografico da familia Trichostrongylidae Leiper, 1909. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 13: 1-135.

Travassos, L. and Darriba, A. R. 1929. Notas sobre Heligmosominae. Sciencia Medica 7: 432-438.

  D.M. Spratt ^{‡}

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Revised: August 30, 2025.