Strongylina

Female (above) and male hookworms Ancylostoma caninum, from Yale Peabody Museum.

Belongs within: Strongyloidea.
Contains: Strongylidae, Cloacinidae.

The Strongylina are a lineage of vertebrate-parasitic nematodes with a prominent head capsule.

<==Strongylina [Ancylostomatidae, Ancylostomatina, Ancylostomatoidea, Syngamidae]
    |  i. s.: Grammocephalus clathratusGi02
    |         MammomonogamusCH-C06
    |         UncinariaM58
    |           |--U. hamiltoni Baylis 1933M58
    |           |--U. lucasiGe02
    |           `--U. stenocephala (Railliet 1894)M58
    |         Bunostomum Railliet 1902M58, C92
    |           |--B. phlebotomum (Railliet 1900)M58
    |           `--B. trigonocephalum Rudolphi 1808M58
    |--Kalicephalus [Diaphanocephalidae, Diaphanocephaloidea]CH-C06
    |    |--K. brachycephalus Maplestone 1931CD88
    |    `--K. cristatusCH-C06
    `--+--Deletrocephalus [Deletrocephalidae]CH-C06
       |    `--D. dimidiatusCH-C06
       `--+--AncylostomaCH-C06
          |    |--A. braziliense (Gomez de Faria 1910)M58
          |    |--A. caninum (Ercolani 1859)M58
          |    |--A. ceylanicumP02
          |    |--A. duodenale (Dubini 1843)M58
          |    `--A. tubaeformeP02
          `--+--+--Necator americanus (Stiles 1902)CH-C06, M58
             |  `--Syngamus tracheaCH-C06
             `--+--StrongylidaeCH-C06
                `--+--Stephanurus dentatus Diesing 1839CH-C06, M58
                   `--CloacinidaeCH-C06

*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.

[C92] Crawford, R. L. 1992. Catalogue of the genera and type species of the harvestman superfamily Phalangioidea (Arachnida). Burke Museum Contributions in Anthropology and Natural History 8: 1–60.

[CD88] Crusz, H., & D. M. A. K. Daundasekera. 1988. Parasites of the relict fauna of Ceylon. IX. Helminths from burrowing scincine lizards. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee 63: 439–447.

[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).

[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.

[P02] Perry, R. N. 2002. Hatching. In: Lee, D. L. (ed.) The Biology of Nematodes pp. 147–169. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).

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