Parvinema		Contents		Rev: 08/24/2026
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Classification:

        

 Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha

                  Heligmosomoidea

       Heligmonellidae

                    Nippostrongylinae

                  Parvinema Smales, 2017

 Type species of genus: Parvinema bafunminense Smales, 2017

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Characteristics:  

• Synlophe well developed with 15-17 continuous ridges mid body. Careen present. Left lateral ridges largest, larger than right ridges. Axis of orientation from right ventral to left dorsal.
• Bursa dissymmetrical, left lobe larger, pattern of bursal rays 1-3-1. Dorsal ray divided distally to branching of rays 8.
• Parasites of murines. Hydromyini, from New Guinea

Ref: Smales, 2017

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Distribution:

Reported from Papua New Guinea

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Parvinema

Gastro-intestinal parasites of rodents. Species reported from Mamelomys lanosus, M. rattoides, Paramelomys lorentzii (Durette-Desset and Digiani, 2023).

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References:

Durette-Desset, M-C. Digiani, M.C., 2023. Revision of the genera of Heligmonellidae (Nematoda, Heligmosomoidea), parasitic in Muridae from New Guinea. Parasite 2023 Dec 20;30:63. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2023058

Smales, L.R., 2017. The gastrointestinal nematodes of Paramelomys lorentzii and Mammelomys spp. (Rodentia: Muridae) with descriptions of a new genus and three new species (Heligmonellidae) from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Acta Parasitologica, 62: 762-771.

Revised by Howard Ferris.
Revised: August 24, 2026.