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Web End = An annotated catalogue of the ascaridoid nematode parasites of Chinese vertebrates
Liang Li . David I. Gibson . Lu-Ping Zhang
Received: 22 July 2015 / Accepted: 21 November 2015 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
Abstract A catalogue, based on both examined specimens and the published literature, of all the ascaridoid nematodes recorded in China is presented. A total of 95 recognised species, representing 26 genera in ve families, are reported. Detailed information on the type-host, type-locality, original reference, synonyms, annotated subsequent references of taxonomic importance, other host records, site of infection, location of type-specimens and distribution are listed for each recognised species. Additional comments on the taxonomic status of some species are also given. Moreover, some nomenclatural changes are proposed: (i) Toxascaris selenarctis Wang, 1965 and T. ailuri Wu, He & Hu, 1987 are placed in synonymy with Baylisascaris transfuga (Rudolphi, 1819); (ii) Raphidascaris lophii Wang & Wu, 1991 is a secondary homonym of R. lophii (Wu, 1949) and a replacement name, R. wangi nom. nov., is proposed for the former species; (iii) Aliascaris aetoplatea Luo, 2001 is transferred to Terranova Leiper & Atkinson,
1914, as T. aetoplatea (Luo, 2001) n. comb., and should be considered a species inquirenda; (iv) Ophidascaris orientalis (Wang, 1965) is resurrected as a valid species; (v) Phocascaris longispiculum Wang & Wu, 1991 and Ophidascaris agkistrodontis Wang, 1979 are treated as incertae sedis; and (vi) Hysterothylacium sauridae Li, Xu & Zhang, 2008 is listed as a nomen nudum.
Introduction
Ascaridoid nematodes commonly parasitise a wide variety of wild and domestic vertebrates, and many species are of veterinary, medical and economic importance (Mozgovoi, 1953; Hartwich, 1974; Anderson, 2000). To date, over 800 species of the Ascaridoidea have been reported throughout the world (Hodda, 2011). In China, the taxonomy of ascaridoid nematodes began in the rst half of the 20th Century, when a few worms were described by Hoeppli et al. (1929), Hs (1933a, b), Hs & Hoeppli (1931, 1938) and Wu & Hu (1938). Subsequently, numerous...