Neomolineus

  

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Classification:

         Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha
                  Molineoidea
       Molineidae
Molineinae
                   
                  Neomolineus Guerrero, 2020
      Type species of the genus:  Neomolineus pierredesseti Guerrero, 2020

    Synonyms:

 

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Morphology and Anatomy:

General Characteristics:

 

 

 

Females:

  • didelphic/amphidelphic.

Ref: Guerrero, 2020

Males:  

  • Spicules short, divided distally into three branches.
  •  Bursa type 2-3 with dorsal ray terminating in 2 sets of 3 branches each. Rays 2 to 6 parallel, ray 4 longer than rays 3 and 5;
  • In Neomolineus, ray 4 is longer than the other rays of the lateral lobes and very narrow. In contrast, in all species in Molineus, ray 4 is shorter than the other rays of the lateral lobes.

Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

Type species described from Ecuador as a parasite of the genus Caenolestes, a small genus of  insectivorous marsupials wuth distributions that include the Ecuadoran Andes (Guerrero, 2020).

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Neomolineus

Type species reported as endoparasites of the small intestine of: Caenolestes convelatus and C.  condorensis.

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Biology and Ecology:

 

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Life Cycle:

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Management:

 

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References:

Guerrero, R. 2020. Two New Nematodes from the Families Molineidae and Strongyloididae (Nemata): Parasites of Caenolestes (Mammalia: Paucituberculata: Caenolestidae) from the Andes of Ecuador. MANTER: Journal of Parasite Biodiversity (ISSN 2470-8224) Occasional Papers, Number 13, March 2, 2020.
 
Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: November 19, 2025.