Haematozoon Leisering, 1865

Abolafia, Joaquín, 2023, A proposal to synonymize Loffienema with Haematozoon, Quercorhabditis with Diploscapteroides, and Stegorhabditis with Stomachorhabditis (Nematoda Rhabditida, Rhabditomorpha), including keys to species identification, Zootaxa 5258 (2), pp. 231-238 : 232

Updated list of species of the genus Haematozoon Leisering, 1865

Haematozoon dhanoriense ( Shah, Allie, Vaid & Handoo, 2018) n. comb.

= Loffienema dhanoriensis Shah, Allie, Vaid & Handoo, 2018

Haematozoon giardi ( Maupas, 1915) Sudhaus, 2011

= Rhabditis giardi Maupas, 1915

= Rhabditis (Telorhabditis) giardi Maupas, 1915 ( Osche, 1952)

= Rhabditis (Rhabditoides) giardi Maupas, 1915 ( Sudhaus, 1976)

= Rhabditoides giardi ( Maupas, 1915) Sudhaus, 1976 , opus Dougherty (1955)

Haematozoon subulatum ( Leisering, 1865) Sudhaus, 2011 (type species)

= Rhabditis (Telorhabditis) inermiformis Osche, 1952

= Rhabditis (Rhabditoides) inermiformis Osche, 1952 ( Sudhaus, 1976)

= Rhabditoides inermiformis ( Osche, 1952) Sudhaus, 1976 , opus Dougherty, 1955

= Protorhabditis multiovata Slepetiene, 1961

= Rhabditoides zocchi Marinari-Palmisano, 1967

Key to species identification ( Table 1 )

1a – Stomatal tube wider, about 3.5 times longer than wide; gymnostom shorter than promesostegostom.... Haematozoon dhanoriense

1a – Stomatal tube narrower, about 6.5-8.5 times longer than wide; gymnostom longer than promesostegostom.............. 2

2a – Male tail, apparently, cupola-shaped....................................................... Haematozoon giardi

2b – Male tail, conoid, ventrally curve ...................................................... Haematozoon subulatum