Pterygodermatites

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Kingdom Animalia Class Adenophorea Family Rictulariidae		Phylum Nematoda Order Spirurida Rank Genus

Similar 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.

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Pterygodermatites Wikipedia

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