Pesquizas helminthologicas realisadas em Hamburgo: VII. notas sobre os Rhabdiasoidea Railliet, 1916: (Nematoda)

Revision of Entomelas Travassos, 1930 (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) with a review of genera in the family

“…Buccal capsule with onchia or unarmed. Entomelas Travassos, 1930(=Angiostoma Dujardin, 1845= Hexadontophorus Kreis, 1939;= Kurilonema Szczerbak & Sharpilo, 1969; = Paraentomelas Sharpilo, 1976) 4-(3) Buccal capsule not subspherical in shape, chitinized walls not dense, variable in thickness, usually thickest in medial portion. Buccal capsule lacking onchia.…”

“…Travassos, 1930, may be distinguished morphologically from Rhabdias on the basis of cephalic structures. An emended diagnosis is as follows:…”

“…Tail conical, sharply pointed. Type species: E. entomelas (Dujardin, 1845) Travassos, 1930 Entomelas entomelas (Dujardin, 1845) Travassos, 1930.…”

“…Angiostoma entomelas Dujardin, 1845 Angiostoma macrostomum Linstow, 1875 Angiostoma dujardini Maupas, 1916 Rhabdias entomelas (Dujardin, 1845) Seurat, 1916 Rhabdias dujardini (Maupas, 1916) Seurat, 1916 Entomelas du]ardini (Maupas, 1916) Travassos, 1930 Hexadontophorus ophisauri Kreis, 1939Entomelas kazachstanika Sharpilo & Vakker, 1972 Paraentomelas kazachstanika (Sharpilo & Vakker, 1972) Sharpilo, 1976 Rhabditida, Rhabditoidea, Rhabdiasidae. Slender worms with blunt anterior extremity and sharply pointed posterior extremity.…”

“…of East Africa shows that R. chamaeleonis has a buccal capsule which is morphologically typical of Rhabdias. Therefore its reclassification by Travassos (1930) into Entomelas, based solely on buccal capsule dimensions, cannot now be accepted.…”