''Guerrerostrongylus '' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
nematode
The nematodes ( or ; ; ), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. Species in the phylum inhabit a broad range of environments. Most species are free-living, feeding on microorganisms, but many are parasitic. Parasitic worms (h ...
worms. Species of ''Guerrerostrongylus'' infect mostly the digestive tract of
sigmodontine and
caviomorph
Caviomorpha is the rodent parvorder that unites all New World hystricognaths. It is supported by both fossil and molecular evidence. The Caviomorpha was for a time considered to be a separate order outside the Rodentia, but is now accepted as ...
rodents
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
from
South America
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. The genus is part of the subfamily Nippostrongylinae.
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Species include:
*''Guerrerostrongylus uruguayensis''
Sutton and Durette-Desset, 1991 (type-species)
*''Guerrerostrongylus zetta''
(Travassos, 1937)
*''Guerrerostrongylus gomesae''
Simões, dos Santos and Maldonado, 2012
*''Guerrerostrongylus ulysi''
Digiani, Notarnicola, and Navone, 2012
* ''Guerrerostrongylus marginalis''
Weirich, Catzeflis, and Jiménez, 2016 [ ]
References
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Heligmonellidae
Rhabditida genera
Parasitic nematodes of mammals
Parasites of rodents