Dendrorhynchus

Dendrorhynchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Chromalveolata
Superphylum:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Subclass:	Gregarinasina
Order:	Eugregarinorida
Family:	Dactylophoridae
Genus:	Dendrorhynchus
Type species
Dendrorhynchus systeni Keilin, 1920
Species
Dendrorhynchus systeni[1] Dendrorhynchus keilini[2]

Dendrorhynchus is a gregarine genus with total 2 species.^[3] The genus was first described in 1920 by David Keilin from the alimentary canal of dolichopodid larvae Systenus.^[1]

Homonyms

Dendrorhynchus is a senior homonym for genera of nemerteans (replaced with Polydendrorhynchus)^[4] and pterosaurians (replaced with Dendrorhynchoides).^[5]

References

1. Keilin, D. (1920). "On two new gregarines, Allantocystis dasyhelei n. g., n. sp., and Dendrorhynchus systeni n. g., n. sp, parasitic in the alimentary canal of the dipterous larvae, Dasyhelea obscura Winn. and Systenus sp.". Parasitology 12 (2): 154–158. doi:10.1017/s0031182000014104.
2. Nazeer Ahamed, S., C. C. Narasimhamurti (1979). "Two new septate gregarines, Dendrorhynchus keilini sp. n. and Ancyrophora ceriagrioni sp. n. from the midgut of the damsel fly, Ceriagrion coromandelianum (Fabr.)". Acta Protozoologica 18 (3): 441–450.
3. Clopton, R. E. (2002). Phylum Apicomplexa Levine, 1970: Order Eugregarinorida Léger, 1900. Pages 205-288. in: Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa, 2nd edition, J. J. Lee, G. Leedale, D. Patterson, and P. C. Bradbury, eds. Society of Protozoologists, Lawrence, Kansas
4. Kajihara, H., A. V. Chernyshev, S.-C. Sun, P. Sundberg, F. B. Crandall (2008). "Checklist of nemertean genera and species published between 1995 and 2007". Species Diversity 13: 245–274.
5. Ji, S.-A., Q. Ji, K. Padian (1999). "Biostratigraphy of new pterosaurs from China". Nature 398: 573–574. doi:10.1038/19221.