Molineidae Skrjabin & Schulz
Creators: name: Santos, Cláudia Portes
name: Gibson, David I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Secernentea
Strongylida
Molineidae

description: Family Molineidae Skrjabin & Schulz  1. Cephalic extremity with cuticular spines.................................................................... 2  
- Cephalic extremity without cuticular spines................................................................. 5  
2. Cephalic extremity with 2 large ventral spines............................................................... 3  
- Cephalic extremity surrounded by ring of 8 large spines....................................................... 4  
 3. Cephalic spines side by side in ventral field................................................. Biacantha Wolfgang Species: B. desmoda Wolfgang, 1954; B. normaliae Oviedo, Ramallo & Claps in Oviedo, Ramallo, Claps & Miotti, 2012   
 - Cephalic spines opposite (in dorsal and ventral fields).......................... Websternema Vaucher & Durette-Desset Species: W. parnelli (Webster, 1971)   
 4. Anterior and posterior branches of ovejector vestibule similar in length............... Parahistiostrongylus Pérez Vigueras Species: P. octacanthus (Lent & Freitas, 1940) (also attributed to Stilestrongylus)   
 - Anterior branch of ovejector vestibule longer than posterior................................... Histiostrongylus Molin Species: H. coronatus Molin, 1861; H. paradoxus Travassos, 1918; Histiostrongylus sp.   
5. Cephalic extremity with vesicle divided in two regions........................................................ 6  
- Cephalic extremity with simple, undivided vesicle........................................................... 9  
6. Posterior part of cephalic vesicle equal or longer than anterior part............................................... 7  
 - Posterior part of cephalic vesicle shorter than anterior part................................. Torrestrongylus Vigueras Species: Torrestrongylus sp.   
7. Spicule undivided distally............................................................................... 8  
 - Spicule divided distally............................................................. Tricholeiperia Travasssos Species: T. leiperi Travassos, 1935; T. peruensis Vargas, Martinez, Tantaleán, Cadenilias & Pacheco, 2009; T. proencai Travassos, 1937   
 8. Dorsal ray of male copulatory bursa long and divided in distal third; ovejector of female without spines................................................................................................ Anoplostrongylus Boulenger Species: A. paradoxus (Travassos, 1918)   
 - Dorsal ray of male copulatory bursa short and deeply divided; ovejector of female with spines............................................................................................. Molostrongylus Durette-Desset & Vaucher Species: M. acanthocolpos Durette-Desset & Vaucher, 1996; M. mbopi Durette-Desset & Vaucher, 1999   
 9. Tail of female without appendices/tubercles.......................................... Cheiropteronema Sandground Species: C. globocephala Sandground, 1929; C. striatum Oviedo, Ramallo & Claps, 2010; Cheiropteronema sp.   
- Tail of female with appendices/tubercles.................................................................. 10  
 10. Tail of female with two appendices..................................................... Bidigiticauda Chitwood Species: B. embryophilum (Freitas & Dobbin Jr., 1960 (a)); B. vivipara Chitwood, 1938   
 - Tail of female with five to seven tubercles................................. Carostrongylus Durette-Desset & Vaucher Species: C. touzeti Durette-Desset & Vaucher, 1989
description: Published as part of Santos, Cláudia Portes & Gibson, David I., 2015, Checklist of the Helminth Parasites of South American Bats, pp. 471-499 in Zootaxa 3937 (3) on page 475, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/240106