Heligmosomoides neopolygyrus Asakawa Ohbayashi 1986 a cryptic Asian nematode infecting the striped field mouse Apodemus agrarius in Central Europe

摘要

BackgroundHeligmosomoides polygyrus is a widespread gastro-intestinal nematode infecting wild Apodemus (wood mice) throughout Europe. Using molecular and morphological evidence, we review the status of Heligmosomoides from Apodemus agrarius in Poland previously considered to be an outlying clade of H. polygyrus, to further resolve the status of the laboratory model species, H. bakeri.