Montistrongylus, Smales & Heinrich, 2010

Smales, L. R. & Heinrich, B., 2010, Gastrointestinal nematodes of Paramelomys rubex (Rodentia: Muridae) from Papua Indonesia and Papua New Guinea with the descriptions of three new genera and four new species of Helligmonellidae and Herpetostrongylidae (Nematoda: Trichostrongylida), Zootaxa 2672 (1), pp. 1-28 : 12

Montistrongylus new genus

Diagnosis. Nippostrongylinae : Synlophe with up to 15 small pointed ridges, left ventral ridges largest: axis of orientation of ridges from ventral right to dorsal left, 55° from saggital axis in mid body, lacking carene. Bursa slightly asymmetrical, right lobe larger, dorsal lobe about same length as lateral lobes. Pattern of bursal rays 3–2. Rays 8 asymmetrical, left ray longer. Dorsal ray divided distal to level of branching of rays 8 from dorsal trunk. Parasites of hydromyine murids.

Type species Montistrongylus ingati .

Etymology. The genus name refers to the montane habitat of the host.