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Pterygodermatites

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Adenophorea

Family
  
Rictulariidae

Phylum
  
Nematoda

Order
  
Spirurida

Rank
  
Genus

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Physaloptera, Gray sac‑winged bat, Incan caenolestid, Northern pygmy mouse, Spirurida

Pterygodermatites is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Rictulariidae. Species include:

  • Pterygodermatites baiomydis Lynggaard, García-Prieto, Guzmán-Cornejo & Osorio-Sarabia, 2014
  • Pterygodermatites jagerskiöldi
  • Pterygodermatites kozeki
  • Pterygodermatites mexicana Caspeta-Mandujano et al., 2013
  • Pterygodermatites ondatrae
  • Pterygodermatites peromysci
  • Pterydodermatites quentini Diouf et al., 2013
  • Undescribed species have been recorded from the marsh rice rat in Florida and from Oryzomys gorgasi in Venezuela.

    Literature cited

  • Braun, J.K., Pratt, N.L. and Mares, M.A. 2010. Thylamys pallidior (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae). Mammalian Species 42(856):90–98.
  • Kinsella, J.M. 1988. Comparison of helminths of rice rats, Oryzomys palustris, from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 55(2):275–280.
  • Kinsella, J.M. 1991. Comparison of helminths of three species of mice, Podomys floridanus, Peromyscus gossypinus, and Peromyscus polionotus, from southern Florida. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69:3078–3083.
  • Pires, M.M., Martins, E.G., Silva, M.N.F. and dos Reid, S.F. 2010. Gracilinanus microtarsus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae). Mammalian Species 42(851):33–40.
  • Sánchez H., J., Ochoa G., J. and Voss, R.S. 2001. Rediscovery of Oryzomys gorgasi (Rodentia: Muridae) with notes on taxonomy and natural history (subscription required). Mammalia 65:205–214.
  • References

    Pterygodermatites Wikipedia