Austrostrongylus, Durette-Desset & Beveridge, 2012

Durette-Desset, M. C. & Beveridge, I., 2012, Redescriptions and descriptions of new species of Austrostrongylus Chandler, 1924 (Nematoda: Trichostrongylina), from Australian marsupials with a comparative study of features of the synlophe, Zootaxa 3512, pp. 1-41 : 40

Key of females of species of Austrostrongylus found in M. rufogriseus and W. bicolor based on features of the synlophe

The synlophes of the remaining species have not been described in sufficient detail to permit inclusion in the key

1(2) 7 cuticular ridges at level of oesophago-intestinal junction...................................................2

1’(5) 8 cuticular ridges at level of oesophago –intestinal junction..................................................5

2(1) Ridge 5’ present, ridge 1 absent at level of oesophago-intestinal junction; right float well developed................. 3

2’(1) Ridge 5’ absent, ridge 1 present at level of oesophago-intestinal region; right float small........................... 4

3(2) Ridges present posterior to vulva............................................................ A. aggregatus

3’(2) Ridges absent posterior to vulva............................................................. A. victoriensis

4(2) Presence of ridges posterior to vulva......................................................... A. macropodis

4’(2) Absence of ridges posterior to vulva......................................................... .. A. mawsonae

5 (2) Right float small.................................................................................... 6

5’ (2) Right float well developed................................................................... A. smalesae

6 (5) Peduncle of right float restricted at mid-body; ridge 1’ present at mid-body............................. A. chandleri

6’ (5) Peduncle of right float restricted at mid-body; ridge 1’ absent at mid-body............................... wallabiae