A survey identifies a novel nematode species in rodents, indicating the need for further helminth diversity studies.
Despite several recent studies, the helminth diversity of small mammals in South Africa remains poorly understood.During a survey conducted from 2023 to 2025 on the helminth assemblages of rodents in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, nematodes were collected from the stomach of a female Micaelamys namaquensis in the Nama-Karoo biome.For one of the nematode species identified, morphological characters, based on light and electron microscopy, corresponded to the genus Gastronodus: a short, heavily sclerotized buccal capsule armed with 6 teeth, the presence of 3 pairs of pedunculate postcloacal papillae as well as dissimilar and unequal spicules in males and a vulva situated at the level of the https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182026102030
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