Gongylonema neoplasticum Ditlevsen 1918 ...

• Main Author: Spratt, David M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Nematoda; Secernentea; Spirurida; Gongylonematidae; Gongylonema; Gongylonema neoplasticum; Norway; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7624104; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.7624104

Gongylonema neoplasticum (Fibiger & Ditlevsen, 1914), Ditlevsen, 1918 Gongylonema neoplasticum (Fibiger & Ditlevsen, 1914) Ditlevsen, 1918, Pp. 1–28. Pl. I–IV, XXVI. Type host. Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout) (Rodentia: Muridae) (Norway rat). Type locality. Dorpat (now Tartu), Estonia. Site of infection. Squamous mucosa of cardiac stomach or oesophagus. Additional hosts. Rattus rattus (Linnaeus) (Rodentia: Muridae) (black rat), Mus musculus Linnaeus (Rodentia: Muridae) (house mouse). Material examined. NT: from Rattus rattus Darwin 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 1 ♀ anterior, 1 ♀ posterior fragment (AHC 49248); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 1 ♀ anterior, 1 ♀ posterior fragment (QM G240165); 1 ♂, 1 ♂ anterior fragment, 1 ♀ anterior, 1 ♀ posterior (N5498). Qld: from Rattus sp. Townsville, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ (GL11601). From Mus musculus Townsville, 1 ♀ in two fragments (GL 11606). Description General: Nematodes with marked sexual dimorphism, cuticular bosses present on anterior end, sparse in males, not so in females, prominent transverse cuticular ... : Published as part of Spratt, David M., 2023, Redescription of species of Gongylonema Molin, 1857 (Nematoda: Spiruroidea Gongylonematidae) parasitic in some Australian vertebrate hosts and description of three new species, pp. 204-220 in Zootaxa 5239 (2) on pages 210-211, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5239.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7624101 ...