Spratt D M, Speare R
Ann Parasitol Hum Comp. 1982;57(1):53-62. doi: 10.1051/parasite/1982571053.
Durikainema macropi gen. et sp. nov. (Muspiceoidea: Robertdollfusidae) is described from the mesenteric and hepatic portal veins of Macropus giganteus Shaw 1790, M. agilis (Gould 1842) and M. rufogriseus (Desmarest 1817) (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) from Queensland, Australia. It is also known from histological sections of hepatic portal veins of M. robustus Gould 1841, M. fuliginosus (Desmarest 1817) and Lagorchestes conspicillatus Gould 1842. The new genus resembles the Enoplina in cephalic and caudal characters and the Dorylaimina in other characters. Durikainema resembles Robertdollfusa Chabaud and Campana 1950 in its small form, absence of mouth oesophagus and anus, atrophied digestive tube, reduction of female genital apparatus to a uterine pouch, viviparity and cephalic cuticular inflation in larvae. It differs from this genus in its complex and well developed cephalic structures and its well developed body musculature in both sexes. Durikainema is tentatively placed in the Robertdollfusidae, Muspiceoidea. Larvae develop beyond firststage in the uterus of the female. They have been found in the non-peripheral blood of male and female M. giganteus, the lactating mammary gland of female M. agilis but not the non-lactating glands of the same female and in the deep capillaries of thigh skin of male M. agilis. Transmission of the parasite may be direct by a percutaneous or milk route, or indirect by a haemophagous arthropod.
巨袋鼠杜里凯线虫属及新种（鼠虱总科：罗伯特多尔夫丝虫科）是从澳大利亚昆士兰州的巨袋鼠（肖，1790年）、敏捷袋鼠（古尔德，1842年）和赤褐袋鼠（德马雷斯特，1817年）（有袋目：袋鼠科）的肠系膜和肝门静脉中描述的。在1841年的粗壮袋鼠、1817年的烟色袋鼠和1842年的显著鬃尾袋鼠的肝门静脉组织切片中也发现了该线虫。新属在头部和尾部特征上与恩oplina相似，在其他特征上与矛线亚目相似。杜里凯线虫在形态、无口食管和肛门、消化管萎缩、雌性生殖器官简化为子宫袋、胎生以及幼虫头部角质层膨胀等方面与1950年的罗伯特多尔夫丝虫属相似。但在头部结构复杂且发达以及两性身体肌肉组织发达程度方面与该属不同。杜里凯线虫暂时归入鼠虱总科的罗伯特多尔夫丝虫科。幼虫在雌性子宫内发育至第一阶段之后。它们在雄性和雌性巨袋鼠的非外周血中被发现，在雌性敏捷袋鼠的泌乳乳腺中被发现，但未在同一雌性的非泌乳乳腺中发现，并且在雄性敏捷袋鼠大腿皮肤的深部毛细血管中被发现。该寄生虫的传播可能通过经皮或乳汁途径直接传播，或通过吸血节肢动物间接传播。
