Guerrerostrongylus		Contents		Rev: 04/10/2026
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Classification:

        

 Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha

                  Heligmosomoidea

       Heligmonellidae

                    Nippostrongylinae

                  Guerrerostrongylus Sutton & Durette-Desset, 1991

 

 Type species of genus: Guerrerostrongylus zeta (Travassos, 1937) Sutton & Durette-Desset, 1991

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Large to very large nematodes, (males 4.20-8.40, females 5-13.7 mm), coiled or uncoiled irregularly;
• Cephalic vesicle relatively short and stout.

Ref: Digiani and Serrano, 2024

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Distribution:

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Guerrerostrongylus

Gastro-intestinal parasites of rodents (Muridae). Guerrerostrongylus spp. are reported to have host specificity (Durette-Desset, 1970).

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References:

Digiani, M.C., Serrano, P.C. 2024. Synonymy, redescription, molecular characterisation, and new distribution data of species of Stilestrongylus and Guerrerostrongylus (Nematoda, Heligmonellidae) parasitic in sigmodontine rodents from Argentina and Uruguay: a collection-based survey. Zoosyst. Evol. 100 (4) 2024, 1315-1331 | DOI 10.3897/zse.100.125466

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Revised: April 10, 2026.