Thaistrongylus

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Rhabditia

    Rhabditida

      Metarongyloidea

        Angiostrongylidae

       
Thaistrongylus Ohbayashi, Kamiya & Bhaibulaya, 1979

Type species of the genus: Thaistrongylus harinasutai Ohbayashi, Kamiya & Bhaibulaya, 1979

Considered a junior synsnym of Gallegostrongylus per Cowie (2019)
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Morphology and Anatomy:

  • Cephalic extremity with four prominent elevations.
  • Small buccal capsule with indistinct walls. end, without prominent subterminal papillae.

 

Male:

  • Male bursa very reduced, subterminal, undivided.
  • Bursal rays reduced but retaining typical bursal ray pattern; dorsal ray divided distally
    into two branches, combined width of branches equal to width of main stem. S
  • picules short, arcuate, alate without supporting rods.
  • Gubernaculum
    present.

Female:

  • Vulva opening near anus.
  • Tail tapering, bluntly rounded at distal end, without prominent subterminal papillae.
  • Ovoviviparous

Ref:: Gibbons and Krishnasamy, 1986

 

 

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Distribution:

Described from wild rats in Thailand by Ohbayashi et al., 1979

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Thaistrongylus

 

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Biology and Ecology:

Animal parasite:  type species described wild rats

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Life Cycle:

   
   

 

 

For Ecophysiological Parameters for this genus, click 
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Ecosystem Functions and Services:

 

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Management:

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References:

Cowie, R.H. 2019. Annotated catalogue of species of Angiostrongylus and the related genera Gallegostrongylus, Rodentocaulus and Stefanskostrongylus (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea, Angiostrongylidae). Journal of Helminthology 93, 389-423. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X19000270

Gibbons, L.M. and Krishnasamy, M. 1986. Malayometastrongylus diardinematus n. g., n. sp. (Metastrongyloidea: Angiostrongylidae) from Rattus rattus diardii in Malaysia and a redescription of Thaistrongylus harinasutai Ohbayashi, Kamiya & Bhaibulaya, 1979. Systematic Parasitology 8: 107-115.

Ohbayashi, M., Kamiya, M. and Bhaibulaya, M. 1979.  Studies on the parasite fauna of Thailand. 1. Two new metastrongylid nematodes, Angiostrongylus siamensis sp.n. and Thaistrongylus harinasutai gen. et. sp.n. (Metastrongyloidea: Angiostrongylidae) from wild rats. Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research, 27:5-10.

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Revised by Howard Ferris: September 03, 2026.

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