Pterygodermatites

Pterygodermatites
Pterydodermatites quentini
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Rictulariidae
Genus: Pterygodermatites
Wedl, 1861
Species

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Pterygodermatites is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Rictulariidae. Their life-cycle is complex. Species include:

  • Pterygodermatites baiomydis Lynggaard, García-Prieto, Guzmán-Cornejo & Osorio-Sarabia, 2014
  • Pterygodermatites jagerskiöldi
  • Pterygodermatites kozeki
  • Pterygodermatites mexicana Caspeta-Mandujano et al., 2013
  • Pterygodermatites nycticebi (Mönnig, 1920)
  • Pterygodermatites ondatrae
  • Pterygodermatites peromysci
  • Pterydodermatites quentini Diouf et al., 2013
  • Pterygodermatites valladaresi Miquel, Martín-Carrillo, Ribas, Sanchez-Vicente, Feliu & Foronda, 2022


Undescribed species have been recorded from the marsh rice rat in Florida and from Oryzomys gorgasi in Venezuela.