Belongs within: Strongyloidea.
The Metastrongylina, lungworms, are a group of nematodes parasitic on the respiratory, vascular, and nervous systems of mammals. Most species have complex life cycles with earthworms or terrestrial gastropods as intermediate hosts (Chilton et al. 2006).
<==Metastrongylina [Angiostrongylidae]
|--Crenosoma Molin 1861MW69 [CrenosomatidaeCH-C06]
| |--C. canadensis Webster 1964MW69
| `--C. vulpis (Dujardin 1844)MW69
`--+--Protostrongylus [Protostrongylidae, Protostrongylinae]CH-C06
| `--P. rufescensCH-C06
`--+--+--Parafilaroides [Filaroididae, Filaroidinae]CH-C06
| | |--P. decorusCH-C06
| | `--P. hydrurgae Mawson 1953M58
| `--AngiostrongylusCH-C06
| |--A. cantonensis (Chen 1935)M58
| `--A. vasorum (Baillet 1866)M58
`--Metastrongylidae [Metastrongyloidea]CH-C06
| i. s.: Torynurus convolutusGi02
| Oslerus osleri (Cobbold 1879)CH-C06, M58 [=Filaroides osleriGe02]
| Marsupostrongylus Mackerras & Sandars 1953MS53
| `--*M. bronchialus Mackerras & Sandars 1953MS53
| Plectostrongylus Mackerras & Sandars 1953MS53
| `--*P. fragilis Mackerras & Sandars 1953MS53
| Muellerius capillaris (Mueller 1889)M58
| Filostrongylus Mackerras 1955M55
| `--*F. peramelis Mackerras 1955M55
| Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Railliet 1898)M58
| HalocercusM58
| |--H. delphini Baylis & Daubney 1925M58
| `--H. lagenorhynchi Baylis & Daubney 1925M58
| Stenurus ovatus (v. Linstow 1910)M58
|--MetastrongylinaeMS53
| |--Metastrongylus Molin 1861MW69
| | |--M. apri (Gmelin 1790)MW69
| | |--M. (Metastrongylus) elongatus (Dujardin 1845)T62
| | `--M. (Choerostrongylus) pudendotectus Wostokow 1905T62
| `--Heterostrongylus heterostrongylus Travassos 1925MS53
|--SkrjabingylinaeMS53
| |--Skrjabingylus Petrow 1927MW69
| | `--S. magnus Webster 1965MW69
| `--Troglostrongylus delicatusMS53
`--PseudaliusGi02 [PseudaliinaeMS53]
|--P. inflexusH02
`--P. minorH02
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[CH-C06] Chilton, N. B., F. Huby-Chilton, R. B. Gasser & I. Beveridge. 2006. The evolutionary origins of nematodes within the order Strongylida are related to predilection sites within hosts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40 (1): 118–128.
[Ge02] Gems, D. 2002. Ageing. In: Lee, D. L. (ed.) The Biology of Nematodes pp. 413–455. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).
[Gi02] Gibbons, L. M. 2002. General organisation. In: Lee, D. L. (ed.) The Biology of Nematodes pp. 31–59. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).
[H02] Hope, I. A. 2002. Embryology, developmental biology and the genome. In: Lee, D. L. (ed.) The Biology of Nematodes pp. 121–145. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).
[M55] Mackerras, M. J. 1955. A new lung-worm from Australian marsupials (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 66 (6): 77–81, pl. 6.
[M58] Mackerras, M. J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. I–IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83 (2): 101–160.
[MS53] Mackerras, M. J., & D. F. Sandars. 1953. Two new metastrongyle lung-worms from Australian marsupials. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 63 (6): 71–76, pls 4–6.
[MW69] Moss, W. W., & W. A. Webster. 1969. A numerical taxonomic study of a group of selected strongylates (Nematoda). Systematic Zoology 18 (4): 423–443.
[T62] Tendeiro, J. 1962. Estudos sobre malófagos: Revisão monográfica do género Columbicola Ewing (Ischnocera, Philopteridae). Memórias da Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, ser. 2, 32: 7–460.