Maxomystrongylus

 

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Classification:

         Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha
                  Heligmosomoidea
       Heligmonellidae
                    Nippostrongylinae
                  Maxomystrongylus Hasegawa & Syaffrudin 1997
      
Type species of the genus: Maxomystrongylus yasumai Hasegawa & Syaffrudin 1997

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Maxomystrongylus is closel to Heligmonoides but is distinguished by having a more strongly inclined axis of orientation of ridges in midbody, developed slender ridges lacking basal thickening in left lateral side of body, and a large unilateral diverticulum of the vagina vera.

 

 

 

Females:

  • Genital cone not protruded prominently.
  • Vagina vera with unilateral diverticulum

Ref: Hasegawa and Syaffrudin, 1997

  
 

Males:  

  • Bursa copulatrix asymmetrical with larger left lobe.
  • Dorsal ray divided distal to level of derivation of ray 8

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Feeding:

Parasites of murines. rodents of the family Muridae, Old World rats and mice.

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References:

Hasegawa, H. and Syaffrudin 1997. Maxomystrongylus yasumai gen. and sp. n. (Nematoda: Trichostrongylina: Heligmonellidae) Collected from Murid Rodents in Kalimantan, Indonesia. J. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 64:263-268.

 

 

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Revised: October 17, 2024.