Rev: 10/19/2024
Chromadorea
Chromadoria
Rhabditina
Synonyms:
Characteristics of the genus:
Females:
Ref: Hasegawa aet al., 2017
Males:
Except for the cosmopolitan N. brasiliensis which is parasitic in commensal rats, the genus Nippostrongylus is endemic in the regions from the Malay Peninsula to Australia. Hasegawa et al (2017) speculate that the endemic Nippostrongylus spp. have speciated in that insular or isolated environment. Their hosts are mostly new endemic murines of the respective areas.
Intesatinal parasites of murines. rodents of the family Muridae, Old World rats and mice.