Tricholinstowia		Contents		Rev: 10/20/2026
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

         Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha

                  Heligmosomoidea

       Heligmonellidae

                    Heligmonellinae

                  Tricholinstowia Travassos, 1937

 

      Type species of the genus: Tricholinstowia linstowi Travassos, 1918

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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Distribution:

The subfamily Heligmonellinae considered to have an African origin, rats and other rodents are frequent hosts (Durette-Desset et al., 1994)

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Tricholinstowia

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

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References:

Durette-Desset, M-C and Digiani, M.C. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the Heligmonellidae (Skrjabin & Schikhobalova, 1952 tribe) Durette-Desset & Chabaud, 1977 (Nematoda) parasitic in arvicoline rodents Eothenomys (sensu lato) (Cricetidae) from Japan and Thailand. Systematic Parasitiol. 96:1-13.

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Revised by Howard Ferris: October 20, 2026.