Rev: 03/10/2024
Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Rhabditina
Synonyms:
Strongylidae are thought to have arisen from free-living rhabditoid nematodes (Durette-Dusset et al., 1994).
Macrostrongylus ingens:
Ref. Smales, 2008
Females:
Males:
Described from white-tail rat, Uromys caudimaculatus, in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Intestinal parasites of Uromys caudimaculatus
Parasites of rats and other rodents
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.
Ow Yang, G. K., Durette-Desset, M-C., Ohbayashi. 1983. Sur les nematodes parasites de rongeurs de Malaisie II. Les Trichostrongyloidea. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee 58:467-92.
Smales, L.R. 2008. Three New Species of Heligmonellidae (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea) from Melomys, Paramelomys, and Uromys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Comp. Parasitol. 75:52-60.