This is the checklist of the helminths of North American Eulipotyphla. Please let me know if you find some missing/incorrect information. When use the checklist please also cite the following publication:

Kinsella J.M., Tkach V.V. 2009. Checklist of helminth parasites of Soricomorpha (=Insectivora) of North America north of Mexico. Zootaxa,1969: 36-58.

Table 1. Parasite-host checklist of parasites of North American Soricomorpha.

Parasite taxa

Host species

States or provinces

References

SORICIDAE

Trematoda

Brachylaima thompsoni (Sinitsin, 1931) Ubelaker & Dailey, 1966
Synonym : Entosiphonus thompsoni Sinitsin, 1931

Blarina brevicauda 










Blarina carolinensis



Blarina hylophaga

Sorex cinereus

Virginia
Maryland
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ohio
Ontario
Iowa
Connecticut
Pennsylvania


North Carolina
Illinois

Nebraska

Wisconsin

Sinitsin 1931
Sinitsin 1931
Rausch & Tiner 1949, Villella 1953a, 1953b
Rausch & Tiner 1949
Oswald 1958
Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1978
Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979
Huffman & Penner 1981
Barker & McNair 1984


Miller et al. 1974
Barker et al. 1987

Barger & Hnida 2008

Rausch & Tiner 1949

Brachylaima sp. (immature)

Sorex vagrans

Montana

Kinsella 2007

Brachylecithum mosquensis Sorex vagrans Montana Kinsella and Tkach, 2009

Brachylecithum sp.

Blarina carolinensis

North Carolina

Miller et al. 1974

Ectosiphonus rhomboideus Sinitsin, 1931
Synonyms : Brachylaima dolichodirus Mason, 1953 ; Ectosiphonus ovatus Sinitsin, 1931; Brachylaima condylura Odlaug, 1952

Blarina brevicauda 








Blarina carolinensis

Minnesota
Michigan
Tennessee
Ohio
Ontario
Iowa
Connecticut
Pennsylvania

North Carolina
Florida

Sinitsin 1931
Villella 1953c
Mason 1953
Oswald 1958
Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1978
Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979
Huffman & Penner 1981
Barker & McNair 1984

Miller et al. 1974
Forrester 1992

Euryhelmis pacificus Senger & Macy, 1952

Sorex bendirii

Oregon

Senger & Macy 1952

Neoglyphe locellus (Kossack, 1910) Yamaguti, 1958
Synonyms: Opisthioglyphe locellus Kossack, 1910; Neoglyphe soricis Pojmanska, 1957

Sorex cinereus



Sorex palustris


Sorex vagrans

Alaska
Colorado
Montana

Colorado
Montana

Colorado
Montana

Seesee 1970
Leiby 1961
Hendricks 1973

Leiby 1961
Hendricks 1973

Leiby 1961
Hendricks 1973

Panopistus pricei Sinitsin, 1931

Blarina brevicauda











Blarina carolinensis



Blarina hylophaga

Virginia
Maryland
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Ohio
Virginia
Ontario
Iowa
Connecticut
Pennsylvania

North Carolina
Illinois
Florida

Nebraska

Sinitsin 1931
Krull 1934
Rausch & Tiner 1949, Villella 1954
Rausch & Tiner 1949
Levin 1957
Oswald 1958
Holloway & Etges 1967
Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1978
Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979
Huffman & Penner 1981
Barker & McNair 1984

Miller et al. 1974
Barker et al. 1987
Forrester 1992

Barger & Hnida 2008

Xiphidiotrema lockerae Senger, 1953

Sorex bendirii

Sorex palustris

Sorex obscurus

Oregon

Montana

Montana

Senger 1953

Senger 1953

Senger 1953

Unidentified fluke (Troglotrematidae?)

Blarina brevicauda

Ohio

Oswald 1958

Cestoda

 

Blarinolepis blarinae (Rausch & Kuns, 1950) Tkach & Kornyushin, 1997
Synonym: Hymenolepis blarinae Rausch & Kuns, 1950

Blarina brevicauda

Wisconsin
Ohio
Iowa

Rausch & Kuns 1950
Oswald 1958
Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979

Cladotaenia globifera (Batsch, 1786) Cohn, 1901 (merocercoids)
Synonyms: Taenia globifera Batsch, 1786 ; Cladotaenia freani Ortlepp, 1938; Cladotaenia oklahomensis Schmitt, 1940

Sorex cinereus

Ontario

Freeman 1959

Cryptocotylepis anthocephalus (Van Gundy, 1936) Skrjabin & Matevossian, 1948
Synonym: Hymenolepis anthocephalus Van Gundy, 1936

Blarina brevicauda











Blarina carolinensis

Michigan

South Dakota
Ohio


Wisconsin
New York
Ontario
Iowa
Connecticut

Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Illinois

Van Gundy 1936, Rausch & Kuns 1950

Fasbender 1957
Oswald 1958, Rausch & Kuns 1950, Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1978

Rausch & Kuns 1950
Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1978
Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1978
Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979
Huffman & Penner 1981

Barker & McNair 1984
Miller et al. 1974
Barker et al. 1987

Ditestolepis pulchra (Voge, 1955) Vaucher in Czaplinski and Vaucher, 1994
Synonyms: Hymenolepis pulchra Voge, 1955; Insectivorolepis pulchra (Locker and Rausch, 1952) Yamaguti, 1959; Ecrinolepis pulchra (Voge, 1955) Gulyaev, 1991

Sorex trowbridgii

Sorex pacificus

Sorex cinereus

California

California

Pennsylvania

Voge 1955b

Voge 1955b

Kinsella et al. 2008

Echinococcus sp. (larvae)

Sorex jacksoni

Alaska

Thomas et al. 1954

Hymenolepis sp.

Blarina brevicauda

Ohio
Iowa

Oswald 1958
Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979

Lineolepis lineola (Oswald, 1951) Spasskii, 1959
Synonyms: Hymenolepis lineola Oswald, 1951; Rodentolepis lineola (Oswald, 1951) Yamaguti, 1959; Vampirolepis lineola (Oswald, 1951) Schmidt, 1986

Sorex fumeus

Sorex cinereus

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Oswald 1951

Kinsella et al. 2008

Lineolepis parva (Rausch & Kuns, 1950) Spasskii, 1959
Synonyms: Hymenolepis parva Rausch & Kuns, 1950; Rodentolepis parva (Rausch & Kuns, 1950) Yamaguti, 1959: Vampirolepis parva (Rausch & Kuns, 1950) Schmidt, 1986

Sorex cinereus




Sorex obscurus

Sorex ornatus

Sorex pacificus

Sorex vagrans



Sorex palustris



Sorex trowbridgii

Sorex sp.

Wisconsin
Alaska
Montana
Iowa

Alaska

California

California

Wyoming
Montana
California

Montana
Alaska
California

California

California

Rausch & Kuns 1950
Rausch & Kuns 1950, Voge & Rausch 1955
Senger 1955
Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979

Rausch & Kuns 1950, Voge & Rausch 1955

Voge 1955d 

Voge 1955d

Rausch & Kuns 1950
Senger 1955, Kinsella 2007
Voge 1955d

Senger 1955
Voge & Rausch 1955
Voge 1955d

Voge 1955d

Voge 1955d

Lineolepis pribilofensis (Olsen, 1969) n. comb.
Synonym: Hymenolepis pribilofensis Olsen, 1969

Sorex pribilofensis

Alaska

Olsen 1969

Lineolepis sengeri (Neiland, 1953) Spasskii and Morosov, 1959
Synonyms: Hymenolepis sengeri Neiland, 1953: Staphylocystis sengeri (Neiland, 1953) Yamaguti, 1959

Sorex bendirii

Sorex palustris

Oregon

Montana

Neiland 1953

Senger 1955

Lockerrauschia intricata (Locker & Rausch, 1952) Yamaguti, 1959
Synonym: Hymenolepis intricatus Locker & Rausch, 1952

Sorex vagrans


Sorex bendirii

Sorex palustris

Sorex obscurus

Oregon
Montana

Oregon

Montana

Alaska

Locker & Rausch 1952
Kinsella 2007

Neiland 1953

Senger 1955

Voge & Rausch 1955

Mathevolepis macyi (Locker & Rausch, 1952) Gulyaev & Karpenko, 1998 Synonyms: Hymenolepis macyi Locker & Rausch, 1952; Soricina macyi (Locker & Rausch, 1952) Zarnowski, 1956

Sorex vagrans


Sorex bendirii

Sorex trowbridgii

Sorex ornatus

Sorex cinereus
Pennsylvania
Montana
Minnesota
North Dakota

Sorex arcticus

Oregon
Montana

Oregon

California

California

Iowa
Pennsylvania
Montana
Minnesota
North Dakota

North Dakota

Locker & Rausch 1952
Senger 1955, Kinsella 2007

Neiland 1953

Voge 1955c

Davis & Voge 1957

Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979
Kinsella et al. 2008
Tkach, Kinsella et Greiman, 2018
Tkach, Kinsella et Greiman, 2018
Tkach, Kinsella et Greiman, 2018

Tkach, Kinsella et Greiman, 2018

Mesocestoides sp.(tetrathyridia)

Sorex palustris

Sorex pribilofensis

Montana

Alaska

Conaway 1952

Shults 1970

Monocercus soricis (Neiland, 1953) n. comb.
Synonyms: Liga soricis Neiland, 1953; Molluscotaenia soricis (Neiland, 1953) Spasskii & Andreiko, 1971

Sorex bendirii

Sorex obscurus

Sorex pacificus

Sorex vagrans

Oregon

Oregon

California

Oregon
Montana

Neiland 1953

Neiland 1953

Voge 1955d

Canaris 1960
Kinsella 2007

Neoskrjabinolepis fertilis Kornienko et Dokuchaev, 2012 Sorex tundrensis Alaska Kornienko and Dokuchaev 2012
Neoskrjabinolepis hobergi Kornienko et Dokuchaev, 2012 Sorex tundrensis Alaska Kornienko and Dokuchaev 2012

Oochoristica pennsylvanica Chandler & Melvin, 1951

Blarina brevicauda

Pennsylvania

Chandler & Melvin 1951

Paruterina candelabraria (Goeze, 1782) Fuhrmann, 1906 (merocercoids)
Synonym: Taenia candelabraria Goeze, 1782

Sorex vagrans

Montana

Kinsella 2007

Protogynella blarinae Jones, 1943

Blarina brevicauda






Sorex vagrans


Sorex bendirii

Virginia
Wisconsin
Ohio
Ontario
Iowa
Connecticut

Oregon

Oregon

Jones 1943
Rausch & Kuns 1950
Oswald 1958
Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1978
Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979
Huffman & Penner 1981

Locker & Rausch 1952

Neiland 1953

Protogynella pauciova Oswald, 1955

Blarina brevicauda

Ohio
Iowa
Illinois
Pennsylvania

Oswald 1955, 1958
Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979
Levin 1966
Barker & McNair 1984

Protogynella sp.

Sorex vagrans

Montana

Kinsella 2007

Pseudodiorchis reynoldsi (Jones, 1944) Skrjabin & Matevossian, 1948
Synonym: Diorchis reynoldsi Jones, 1944

Blarina brevicauda

Virginia
Ohio
New York
Ontario
Iowa
Connecticut
Pennsylvania

Jones 1944
Oswald 1957, 1958
Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1978
Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1978
Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979
Huffman & Penner 1981
Barker & McNair 1984

Pseudodiorchis sp.

Blarina brevicauda

Minnesota

Larson & Scharf 1975

Raillietina sp.

Notiosorex crawfordi

Nevada

Fisher 1941

Skrjabinacanthus falculata (Rausch & Kuns, 1950) Vaucher in Czaplinski & Vaucher, 1994
Synonyms : Hymenolepis falculata Rausch & Kuns, 1950 ; Staphylocystis falculata (Rausch & Kuns, 1950) Spasskii, 1954 ; Rodentolepis falculata (Rausch & Kuns, 1950) Yamaguti, 1959 ; Vampirolepis falculata (Rausch & Kuns, 1950) Schmidt, 1986

Sorex cinereus




Sorex vagrans



Sorex palustris


Sorex ornatus

Wisconsin
Montana
Alaska
Iowa

Oregon
California
Montana

Montana
California

California
Alaska

Rausch & Kuns 1950
Senger 1955
Voge & Rausch 1955
Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979

Locker & Rausch 1952
Voge 1955a
Kinsella 2007

Senger 1955
Voge 1955a

Voge 1955a
Voge & Rausch 1955

Soricinia kenki (Locker & Rausch, 1952) Vaucher in Czaplinski & Vaucher, 1994
Synonyms: Hymenolepis kenki Locker & Rausch, 1952; Insectivorolepis kenki (Locker & Rausch, 1952) Zarnowski, 1956

Sorex vagrans


Sorex bendirii

Sorex obscurus

Sorex cinereus


Sorex pacificus

Oregon
Montana

Oregon

Oregon

Montana
Pennsylvania

California

Locker & Rausch 1952
Kinsella 2007

Neiland 1953

Neiland 1953

Senger 1955
Kinsella et al. 2008

Voge, 1955c

Spasskylepis rauschi Gulyaev, Dokuchaev et Lykova, 2010 Sorex cinereus Alaska Gulyaev et al., 2010

Staphylocystis schilleri (Rausch & Kuns, 1950) Spasskii, 1954
Synonyms : Hymenolepis schilleri Locker & Rausch, 1952; Vampirolepis schilleri (Rausch & Kuns 1950) Yamaguti, 1959

Sorex cinereus


Sorex vagrans


Sorex palustris

Wisconsin
Alaska

Oregon
Montana

Montana

Rausch & Kuns 1950
Voge & Rausch 1955

Locker & Rausch 1952
Senger 1955

Tkach et al. 2013

Staphylocystis clydesengeri Tkach, Makarikov et Kinsella 2013
Synonym: Staphylocystis sp. Kinsella, 2007
Sorex vagrans Montana
Washington
Tkach et al. 2013
Tkach et al. 2013
Staphylocystoides gulyaevi Greiman, Tkach et Cook, 2013
Sorex monticolus Alaska Greiman et al., 2013

Staphylocystoides asketus (Brooks & Mayes, 1977) Olsen & Kuntz, 1978
Synonym: Hymenolepis asketus Brooks & Mayes, 1977

Blarina brevicauda

Sorex cinereus

Nebraska

North Dakota

Brooks & Mayes 1977

Greiman et al., 2013

Staphylocystoides longi (Oswald, 1951) Vaucher in Czaplinski and Vaucher, 1994
Synonyms: Hymenolepis longi Oswald, 1951; Staphylocystis longi(Oswald, 1951) Yamaguti, 1959

Sorex fumeus

Sorex bendirii

Sorex cinereus


Sorex vagrans

Ohio

Oregon

Iowa
Pennsylvania

Montana

Oswald 1951

Neiland 1953

Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979
Kinsella et al. 2008

Kinsella 2007

Staphylocystoides parvissima (Voge, 1953) Vaucher in Czaplinski and Vaucher, 1994
Synonyms: Hymenolepis parvissima Voge, 1953 ; Staphylocystis parvissima (Voge, 1953) Yamaguti, 1959

Sorex bendirii

Sorex ornatus

Sorex palustris


Sorex trowbridgii

California

California

Montana
California

California

Voge 1953

Voge 1955d

Senger 1955
Voge 1955d

Voge 1955d

Staphylocystoides pauciproglottis (Neiland, 1953) Olsen & Kuntz, 1978
Synonyms: Hymenolepis pauciproglottis Neiland, 1953); Staphylocystis pauciproglottis (Neiland, 1953) Yamaguti, 1959; Zarnowskiella pauciproglottis (Neiland 1953) Karpenko and Chechulin, 1990

Sorex vagrans

Oregon

Neiland 1953

Staphylocystoides serrula (Oswald, 1951) Vaucher in Czaplinski & Vaucher, 1994
Synonyms : Hymenolepis serrula Oswald, 1951 ; Staphylocystis serrula (Oswald, 1951) Yamaguti, 1959

Sorex fumeus


Sorex palustris

Sorex cinereus


Sorex tundrensis

Sorex jacksoni

Ohio
Tennessee

Montana

Pennsylvania
Alaska

Alaska

Alaska

Oswald 1951, Cox et al. 1956
Cox et al. 1956

Senger 1955

Kinsella et al. 2008
Gulyaev et al. 2007

Gulyaev et al. 2007

Gulyaev et al. 2007

Staphylocystoides sphenomorphus (Locker & Rausch, 1952) Vaucher in Czaplinski & Vaucher, 1994
Synonyms: Hymenolepis sphenomorphus Locker & Rausch, 1952; Staphylocystis sphenomorphus (Locker & Rausch, 1952) Yamaguti, 1959
Sorex vagrans



Sorex cinereus



Sorex obscurus
Oregon
California
Montana

Montana
Alaska


Alaska

California
Locker & Rausch 1952
Voge 1955c
Kinsella 2007

Senger 1955
Voge & Rausch,1955; Dunagan, 1956; Gulyaev et al., 2007

Voge & Rausch 1955

Voge 1955d
Staphylocystoides oligospinosus Tkach, Kinsella et Greiman, 2018 Sorex cinereus Montana Tkach, Kinsella et Greiman, 2018
Staphylocystoides parasphenomorphus Tkach, Kinsella et Greiman, 2018 Sorex cinereus Yukon Territory Tkach, Kinsella et Greiman, 2018

Staphylocystoides sphenomorphus (Locker & Rausch, 1952) Vaucher in Czaplinski & Vaucher, 1994
Synonyms: Hymenolepis sphenomorphus Locker & Rausch, 1952; Staphylocystis sphenomorphus (Locker & Rausch, 1952) Yamaguti, 1959

Sorex vagrans



Sorex cinereus



Sorex obscurus

Sorex sp.

Oregon
California
Montana

Montana
Alaska


Alaska

California

Locker & Rausch 1952
Voge 1955c
Kinsella 2007

Senger 1955
Voge & Rausch,1955; Dunagan, 1956; Gulyaev et al., 2007

Voge & Rausch 1955

Voge 1955d

Vogelepis virilis (Voge, 1955) Vaucher in Czaplinski & Vaucher, 1994
Synonyms : Hymenolepis virilis Voge, 1955 ; Vampirolepis vigilis (Voge, 1955) Schmidt, 1986

Sorex trowbridgii

California

Voge 1955a

Cyclophyllidean larvae

Blarina brevicauda

Iowa

Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979

Nematoda

 

Angiostrongylus sp.

Notiosorex crawfordi

California

Laakonen et al. 2003

Baruscapillaria rauschi (Read, 1949) Kinsella, 2007
Synonym: Capillaria rauschi Read, 1949

Sorex cinereus



Sorex palustris

Sorex vagrans

Wisconsin
Iowa
Pennsylvania

Montana

Montana

Read 1949
Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979
Kinsella et al. 2008

Conaway 1952

Kinsella 2007

Calodium hepaticum (Bancroft, 1893) Moravec, 1982
Synonyms: Capillaria hepatica (Bancroft, 1893) Travassos, 1915; Hepaticola hepatica (Bancroft, 1893) Hall, 1916

Blarina brevicauda

Sorex cinereus

Sorex fumeus

Virginia

Virginia

Virginia

Solomon & Handley 1971

Solomon & Handley 1971

Solomon & Handley 1971

Capillaria sp. (liver)

Blarina brevicauda

Connecticut

Huffman & Penner 1981

Capillaria sp. (spleen)

Blarina brevicauda

Connecticut

Huffman & Penner 1981

Capillaria sp. (bladder)

Blarina carolinensis

Illinois

Barker et al. 1987

Capillaria sp. 1

Sorex cinereus

Iowa

Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979

Capillaria sp. 2

Sorex cinereus

Iowa

Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979

Capillaria sp. 3

Sorex palustris

Montana

Conaway 1952

Eucoleus blarinae (Ogren, 1953) n. comb.
Synonym: Capillaria blarinae Ogren, 1953

Blarina brevicauda

Illinois
New York
Connecticut

Ogren 1953
Ogren 1953
Huffman & Penner 1981

Eucoleus oesophagicola (Soltys, 1952) Skrjabin & Shikhobalova, 1954
Synonym: Capillaria oesophagicola Soltys, 1951

Blarina brevicauda

Sorex vagrans

Iowa

Montana

Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979

Kinsella 2007

Liniscus urinicola (Soltys, 1952) Moravec, 1982
Synonym : Capillaria urincola Soltys, 1952

Blarina brevicauda

Connecticut

Huffman & Penner 1981

Liniscus maseri (Rausch & Rausch, 1973) Moravec, 1982
Synonym: Capillaria maseri Rausch & Rausch, 1973

Sorex yaquinae

Sorex vagrans


Sorex bendirii

Sorex trowbridgii

Sorex pacificus

Sorex cinereus

Oregon

Oregon
Montana

Oregon

Oregon

Oregon

Iowa
Nova Scotia

Rausch & Rausch 1973

Rausch & Rausch 1973
Kinsella 2007

Rausch & Rausch 1973

Rausch & Rausch 1973

Rausch & Rausch 1973

Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979
Cowan et al. 2007, 2009

Liniscus sp.

Sorex longirostris

Alabama

French 1980

Longistriata aeschlimanni Vaucher & Durette-Desset, 1978

Blarina brevicauda

Ontario
Ohio

Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1978
Vaucher & Durette-Desset, 1978

Longistriata alainchabaudi Vaucher & Durette-Desset, 1973

Sorex cinereus


Sorex fumeus

Sorex arcticus

Ontario
Pennsylvania

Canada

Canada

Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1973
Kinsella et al. 2008

Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1973

Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1973

Longistriata baeri Vaucher & Durette-Desset, 1973

Sorex palustris

Alberta

Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1973

Longistriata blarinae Vaucher & Durette-Desset, 1978

Blarina brevicauda

Ontario
Manitoba

Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1978
Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1978

Longistriata caudabullata Dikmans, 1946

Blarina brevicauda




Blarina carolinensis



Blarina hylophaga

Maryland
Manitoba
Ontario
Nebraska

North Carolina


Nebraska
Kansas

Dikmans 1946
Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1978
Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1978
Brant & Orti 2003 

Miller et al. 1974


Brant & Orti 2003
Brant & Orti 2003

Longistriata depressa (Dujardin, 1845) Schulz, 1926
Synonyms : Strongylus depressus Dujardin, 1845 ; Longistriata codrus Thomas, 1953

Blarina brevicauda


Sorex cinereus

Ohio
Iowa

Iowa

Oswald 1958
Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979

Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979

Longistriata dikmansi Vaucher & Durette-Desset, 1973

Sorex arcticus

Manitoba

Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1973

Longistriata euzeti Vaucher & Durette-Desset, 1973

Sorex fumeus


Sorex cinereus

Ontario


Canada

Vaucher & Durette-Desset, 1973

Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1973

Longistriata meylani Vaucher & Durette-Desset, 1973

Sorex cinereus


Sorex vagrans

Alberta


Montana

Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1973

Kinsella 2007

Longistriata rauschi Vaucher & Durette-Desset, 1973

Sorex hoyi

Ontario

Alaska

Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1973
Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1973

Longistriata robdollfusi Vaucher & Durette-Desset, 1973

Sorex cinereus


Sorex fumeus

Ontario


Canada

Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1973

Vaucher & Durette-Desset 1973

Longistriata sp.

Blarina brevicauda

Iowa

Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979

Paracrenosoma sp.

Sorex vagrans

Montana

Kinsella 2007

Parastrongyloides winchesi Morgan, 1928

Blarina brevicauda

Sorex vagrans

Iowa

Montana

Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979

Kinsella 2007

Pearsonema plica (Rudolphi, 1819) Moravec, 1982
Synonyms : Trichosoma plica Rudolphi, 1819 ; Capillaria plica (Rudolphi, 1819)

Blarina carolinensis

Sorex cinereus

North Carolina

Quebec

Miller et al. 1974

Bourque 1981

Physaloptera limbata Leidy, 1856

Blarina brevicauda

Illinois
Wisconsin
Ohio

Morgan 1946
Morgan 1946
Oswald 1958

Physaloptera sp. (larvae)

Blarina carolinensis

North Carolina

Miller et al. 1974

Porrocaecum americanum Schwartz, 1925 (larvae)

Blarina brevicauda




Blarina carolinensis

Sorex palustris

Pennsylvania
Ohio
Iowa
Connecticut

Illinois

Montana

Chandler & Melvin 1951
Oswald 1958
Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979
Huffman & Penner 1981

Barker et al. 1987

Conaway 1952

Porrocaecum encapsulatum Schwartz, 1925 (larvae)

Blarina brevicauda



Sorex palustris

Washington DC
Pennsylvania
Ohio

Montana

Schwartz 1925
Chandler & Melvin 1951
Oswald 1958

Conaway 1952

Porrocaecum ensicaudatum (Zeder, 1800) Baylis, 1920 (larvae)
Synonym: Ascaris ensicaudatum Zeder, 1800

Blarina brevicauda




Blarina carolinensis

Ohio
Iowa
Connecticut
Pennsylvania

Illinois

Oswald 1958
Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979
Huffman & Penner 1981
Barker & McNair 1984

Barker et al. 1987

Porrocaecum sp. (larvae)

Sorex fumeus

Sorex longirostris

New York

Alabama

Hamilton 1940

French 1980

Porrocaecum sp. (adult)

Blarina brevicauda

Pennsylvania

Barker & McNair 1984

Pseudophysaloptera formosana soricinia Baylis, 1934
Synonyms: Physaloptera kotlani Kobulej and Vershenyi, 1953; Physaloptera soricinia Morozov, 1960; Physaloptera sp. Pearse, 1930

Sorex fumeus

Sorex personatus

Sorex cinereus

Sorex vagrans

Tennessee

Not given

Iowa

Montana

Schad 1963

Schad 1963

Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979

Kinsella 2007

Soboliphyme baturini Petrow, 1930 (larvae)

Sorex cinereus


Sorex tundrensis

Alaska


Alaska

Karpenko et al. 2007,
Koehler et al. 2007

Karpenko et al. 2007,
Koehler et al. 2007

Soboliphyme jamesoni Read, 1952

Sorex vagrans

California

Read 1952

Stefanskostrongylus blarini (Ogren, 1954) Drozdz, 1970
Synonym Angiostrongylus blarini Ogren 1954

Blarina brevicauda

Illinois
Ohio

Ogren 1954
Oswald 1958

Stefanskostrongylus michiganensis (Ash, 1967) Drozdz, 1970
Synonym: Angiostrongylus michiganensis Ash, 1967

Sorex cinereus


Sorex fumeus

Michigan
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Ash, 1967
Laakonen et al. 1997

Laakonen et al. 1997

Spirura talpae (Gmelin, 1790) Blanchard, 1849
Synonyms : Ascaris talpae Gmelin, 1790 ; Ascaris strumosa (Froelich, 1791) ; Fusaria convoluta Zeder, 1803 ; Filaria gastrophila Mueller, 1894

Blarina brevicauda

Connecticut

Huffman & Penner 1981

Stammerinema soricis (Tiner, 1951) Osche, 1955
Synonym : Dispharynx soricis Tiner, 1951

Sorex obscurus

Alaska

Tiner & Rausch 1949, Tiner 1951

Trichinella spiralis (Owen, 1835) Railliet, 1895 (larvae)
Synonym : Trichina spiralis Owen, 1835

Sorex vagrans

British Columbia

Schmitt et al. 1976

Onchocercidae

Blarina brevicauda

Pennsylvania

Barker & McNair 1984

Juvenile oxyurids

Blarina brevicauda

Iowa

Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979

Spiruroid nematode

Notiosorex crawfordi

Nevada

Fisher 1941

Unidentified metastrongyle

Sorex cinereus

Iowa

Wittrock & Hendrickson 1979

Unidentified lungworm (adult)

Sorex ornatus

California

Laakkonen et al. 2001

Unidentified lungworm (larvae)

Blarina brevicauda

Sorex fumeus

Ontario

Ontario

Lankester & Anderson 1966

Lankester & Anderson 1966

Acanthocephala

 

Centrorhynchus conspectus Van Cleave & Pratt, 1940 (cystacanth)

Blarina brevicauda

Ohio

Oswald 1958

Centrorhynchus sp. (cystacanth)

Blarina carolinensis

Sorex palustris

North Carolina

Oregon

Miller et al. 1974

Van Cleave 1953

Mediorhynchus grandis Van Cleave, 1916 (cystacanth)
Synonym: Heteroplus grandis (Van Cleave, 1916) Van Cleave, 1918

Blarina brevicauda

South Dakota

Collins 1971

Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus (Goeze, 1782) Schmidt & Kuntz, 1966 (cystacanth)
Synonyms: Echinorhynchus cylindraceus Goeze, 1782; Centrorhynchus cylindraceus (Goeze, 1782) Kostylev, 1914;Prosthorhynchus cylindraceus (Goeze, 1782) Golvan, 1956; Prosthorhynchus transversus (Rudolphi, 1819); Plagiorhynchus formosus Van Cleave 1918; Plagiorhynchus taiwanensis Schmidt & Kuntz, 1966]

Blarina brevicauda



Sorex cinereus

Connecticut
New York
Nebraska

Nebraska

Huffman & Penner, 1981
Nickol & Oetinger 1968
Coady & Nickol 2000

Coady & Nickol 2000

TALPIDAE

Trematoda

 

Aspalacitrema aspalicis (Rausch, 1962) Deblock & Rausch, 1965
Synonym : Microphallus aspalacis Rausch 1962

Neurotrichus gibbsii

Oregon

Rausch 1962

Ectosiphonus rhomboideus Sinitsin, 1931
Synonyms: Brachylaima dolichodirus Mason, 1953; Ectosiphonus ovatus Sinitsin, 1931; Brachylaima condylura Odlaug, 1952

Condylura cristata

Minnesota

Odlaug 1952

Ityogonimus scalopi Turner & McKeever, 1980

Scalopus aquaticus

South Carolina

Turner & McKeever 1980

Cestoda

 

Hymenolepis neurotrichi Rausch, 1962

Neurotrichus gibbsii

Oregon

Rausch 1962

Hymenolepis scalopi Schultz, 1939

Scalopus aquaticus

Oklahoma

Schultz 1939

Hymenolepis sp.

Scalopus aquaticus

Ohio

Olive 1950

Vampirolepis olsoni (Neiland & Senger, 1952) Schmidt, 1986
Synonym: Hymenolepis olsoni Neiland & Senger, 1952

Scapanus townsendi

Washington

Neiland & Senger 1952

Nematoda

 

Liniscus maseri (Rausch & Rausch, 1973)
Synonym: Capillaria maseri Rausch & Rausch, 1973

Neurotrichus gibbsii

Oregon

Rausch & Rausch 1973

Physaloptera limbata Leidy, 1856

Scalopus aquaticus







Parascalops breweri

Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Missouri
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
Kansas

Maryland
New Hampshire
Vermont

Leidy 1856
Morgan 1946
Morgan 1946
Morgan 1946
Morgan 1946
Morgan 1946, Olive 1950
Morgan 1946

Morgan 1946
Morgan 1946
Morgan 1946

Rictularia scalopis Goodrich, 1932

Scalopus aquaticus

Kansas

Goodrich 1932

Porrocaecum americanum Schwartz, 1925 (larvae)

Parascalops breweri

Pennsylvania

Chandler & Melvin, 1951

Porrocaecum encapsulatum Schwartz, 1925 (larvae)

Parascalops breweri

Pennsylvania

Chandler & Melvin 1951

Porrocaecum sp. (larvae)

Neurotrichus gibbsii

Oregon

Rausch 1962

Strongyloides sp.

Scalopus aquaticus

Florida

Forrester 1992

Tricholinstowia maseri Durette-Desset & Vaucher, 1974

Scapanus orarius

Oregon

Durette-Desset & Vaucher 1974

“roundworms”

Parascalops breweri

New Hampshire

Eadie 1939

Unidentified lungworm

Scapanus townsendi

Oregon
Washington

Jellison & Hadlow 1958
Jellison & Hadlow 1958

Acanthocephala

 

Echinorhynchus sp. (immature)

Scapanus townsendi

Washington

Van Cleave 1953

Macracanthorhynchus ingens (Linstow, 1879) Meyer, 1932 (immature)
Synonyms :Echinorhynchus ingens Linstow, 1879; Prosthenorchis ingens (Linstow, 1879) Travassos, 1917

Parascalops breweri

Pennsylvania

Chandler & Melvin 1951

Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus (Pallas, 1781) Travassos, 1917 (immature)
Synonym: Taenia hirudinaceus Pallas, 1781

Scalop us aquaticus

Illinois

Van Cleave 1953

Moniliformis clarki (Ward, 1917) Van Cleave, 1924
Synonym: Hormorhynchus clarki Ward, 1917

Scalopus aquaticus

Ohio
Kansas
Michigan

Olive 1950
Van Cleave 1953
Van Cleave 1953

Moniliformis moniliformis (Bremser, 1811) Travassos, 1915
Synonyms : Echinorhynchus moniliformis Bremser, 1811 ; Echinorhynchus grassi Railliet, 1893 ; Echinorhynchus canis Porta, 1914 ; Echinorhynchus belgicus Railliet, 1919 ; Moniliformis dubius Meyer, 1932

Scalopus aquaticus

Ohio

Hanawalt 1922, Van Cleave 1953

Moniliformis sp.

Parascalops breweri

New Hampshire

Eadie 1939



Table 2. Host-parasite checklist of parasites of North American Soricomorpha.

Host species

Trematoda

Cestoda

Nematoda

Acanthocephala

SORICIDAE

Blarina brevicauda Brachylaima thompsoni Ectosiphonus rhomboideus Panopistus pricei Troglotrematidae Blarinolepis blarinae                Cryptocotylepis anthocephalus Cyclophyllidean larva   Hymenolepis sp.
Oochoristica pennsylvanica Protogynella blarinae Protogynella pauciova     Pseudodiorchis reynoldsi Pseudodiorchis sp. Staphylocystoides asketus
Calodium hepaticum Capillaria sp. (liver) Capillaria sp. (spleen) Eucoleus blarinae
Eucoleus oesophagicola Liniscus urincola Longistriata aeschlimanni Longistriata blarinae Longistriata caudabullata Longistriata depressa Longistriata sp. Parastrongyloides winchesi Physaloptera limbata Porrocaecum americanum (larvae)
Porrocaecum encapsulatum (larvae)
Porrocaecum ensicaudatum
(larvae)
Porrocaecum
sp. (larvae)
Spirura talpae Stefanskostrongylus blarini
Onchocercid
Juvenile oxyurids
Unidentified lungworm
Centrorhynchus conspectus (cystacanth)
Mediorhynchus grandis
(cystacanth)
Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus (cystacanth)
Blarina carolinensis Brachylaima thompsoni Brachylecithum sp. Ectosiphonus rhomboideus Panopistus pricei Cryptocotylepis anthocephalus Capillaria sp. (bladder) Longistriata caudabullata Pearsonema plica Physaloptera sp. (larvae) Porrocaecum americanum (larvae)
Porrocaecum ensicaudatum
(larvae)
Centrorhynchus sp. (cystacanth)
Blarina hylophaga Brachylaima thompsoni Panopistus pricei   Longistriata caudabullata  
Sorex arcticus    Mathevolepis macyi Longistriata alainchabaudi Longistriata dikmansi  
Sorex bendirii Euryhelmis pacificus Xiphidiotrema lockerae Lineolepis sengeri Lockerrauschia intricata Mathevolepis macyi Monocercus soricis Protogynella blarinae
Soricinia kenki
Staphylocystoides longi Staphylocystoides parvissima  
Liniscus maseri  
Sorex cinereus Brachylaima thompsoni Neoglyphe locellus

Cladotaenia globifera (merocercoid)
Ditestolepis pulchra
Lineolepis lineola 
Lineolepis parva
Lineolepis lineola Mathevolepis macyi
Soricinia kenki
Skrjabinacanthus falculata
Staphylocystis schilleri
Staphylocystoides longi Staphylocystoides serrula Staphylocystoides sphenomorphus
Spasskylepis rauschi
Staphylocystoides parasphenomorphus
Staphylocystoides oligospinosus

Baruscapillaria rauschi Calodium hepaticum Capillaria sp. 1
Capillaria
sp. 2
Liniscus maseri

Longistriata alainchabaudi
Longistriata depressa Longistriata euzeti Longistriata meylani Longistriata robdollfusi Pearsonema plica Pseudophysaloptera formosana soricinia Soboliphyme baturini (larvae)
Stefanskostrongylus michiganensis

Unidentified metastrongyle
Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus (cystacanth)
Sorex fumeus   Lineolepis lineola Staphylocystoides longi Staphylocystoides serrula Calodium hepaticum Longistriata alainchabaudi Longistriata euzeti Longistriata robdollfusi Porrocaecum sp. (larvae) Pseudophysaloptera formosana soricinia Stefanskostrongylus michiganensis
Unidentified lungworm
 
Sorex hoyi     Longistriata rauschi  
Sorex jacksoni   Echinococcus sp. (larvae)

Staphylocystoides serrula
   
Sorex monticolus   Staphylocystoides gulyaevi    
Sorex longirostris     Liniscus sp. Porrocaecum sp. (larvae)  
Sorex obscurus Xiphidiotrema lockerae Lineolepis parva Lockerrauschia intricata Monocercus soricis
Soricinia kenki Staphylocystoides sphenomorphus
Stammerinema soricis  
Sorex ornatus   Lineolepis parva  Mathevolepis macyi Skrjabinacanthus falculata Staphylocystoides parvissima Staphylocystoides sphenomorphus Unidentified lungworm  
Sorex pacificus   Ditestolepis pulchra Lineolepis parva Monocercus soricis
Soricinia kenki
Liniscus maseri  
Sorex palustris Neoglyphe locellus Xiphidiotrema lockerae Lineolepis parva
Lineolepis sengeri Lockerrauschia intricata Mesocestoides sp. (tetrathyridia)
Staphylocystis schilleri
Skrjabinacanthus falculata Staphylocystoides parvissima Staphylocystoides serrula  
Baruscapillaria rauschi Capillaria sp.
Longistriata baeri Porrocaecum americanum (larvae)
Porrocaecum encapsulatum (larvae)
Centrorhynchus sp. (cystacanth)
Sorex personatus     Pseudophysaloptera formosana soricinia  
Sorex pribilofensis   Lineolepis pribilofensis Mesocestoides sp. (tetrathyridia)    
Sorex trowbridgii   Ditestolepis pulchra Lineolepis parva Mathevolepis macyi Staphylocystoides parvissima
Vogelepis virilis
Liniscus maseri  
Sorex tundrensis   Staphylocystoides serrula
Neoskrjabinolepis fertilis
Neoskrjabinolepis hobergi  
Soboliphyme baturini (larvae)  
Sorex vagrans

Brachylaima sp. (immature)
Neoglyphe locellus
Brachylecithum mosquensis

 



Lineolepis parva Lockerrauschia intricata Mathevolepis macyi Monocercus soricis Paruterina candelabraria (merocercoid)
Protogynella blarinae
Protogynella sp. Skrjabinacanthus falculata Soricinia kenki
Staphylocystis schilleri

Staphylocystis clydesengeri
Staphylocystis sp. Staphylocystoides longi Staphylocystoides pauciproglottis Staphylocystoides sphenomorphus
Baruscapillaria rauschi Eucoleus oesophagicola Liniscus maseri
Longistriata meylani
Paracrenosoma sp. Parastrongyloides winchesi Pseudophysaloptera formosana soricinia Soboliphyme jamesoni Trichinella spiralis (larvae)
 
Sorex yaquinae     Liniscus maseri  
Sorex sp.   Lineolepis parva Staphylocystoides sphenomorphus    
Notiosorex crawfordi   Raillietina sp. Angiostrongylus sp. Spiruroid nematode  

TALPIDAE

Condylura cristata Ectosiphonus rhomboideus      
Neurotrichus gibbsii Aspalacitrema aspalicis Hymenolepis neurotrichi Liniscus maseri Porrocaecum sp. (larvae)  
Parascalops breweri     Physaloptera limbata Porrocaecum americanum (larvae)
Porrocaecum encapsulatum (larvae)
"roundworms"
Macracanthorhynchus ingens (cystacanth) Moniliformis sp.
Scalopus aquaticus Ityogonimus scalopi Hymenolepis scalopi Hymenolepis sp. Physaloptera limbata Rictularia scalopis Strongyloides sp. Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus (cystacanth) Moniliformis clarki Moniliformis moniliformis  
Scapanus orarius     Tricholinstowia maseri  
Scapanus townsendi   Vampirolepis olsoni Unidentified lungworm Echinorhynchus sp. (cystacanth)


Table 3. State-parasite checklist of parasites of North American Soricomorpha.
State Trematoda Cestoda Nematoda Acanthocephala
Alabama
Liniscus sp.
Porrocaecum sp. (larvae)
Alaska Neoglyphe locellus Echinococcus sp. (larvae)
Lineolepis parva
Lineolepis pribilofensis
Lockerrauschia intricata
Mesocestoides sp.
Neoskrjabinolepis fertilis
Skrjabinacanthus falculata
Staphylocystis schilleri
Staphylocystoides sphenomorphus
Staphylocystoides serrula

Staphylocystoides gulyaevi
Spasskylepis rauschi
Longistriata rauschi
Soboliphyme baturini 
Stammerinema soricis
Arizona
Arkansas
California Ditestolepis pulchra
Lineolepis parva
Mathevolepis macyi
Monocercus soricis
Skrjabinacanthus falculata
Soricinia kenki
Staphylocystoides parvissima
Staphylocystoides sphenomorphus
Vogelepis virilis
Angiostrongylus sp.
Soboliphyme jamesoni
Unidentified lungworm (adult)
Colorado Neoglyphe locellus
Connecticut Brachylaima thompsoni
Panopistus pricei
Cryptocotylepis anthocephalus
Protogynella blarinae
Pseudodiorchis reynoldsi
Capillaria sp. (liver)
Capillaria sp. (spleen)
Eucoleus blarinae
Liniscus urinicola
Porrocaecum americanum
Porrocaecum ensicaudatum
Spirura talpae
Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus
Delaware
Florida Ectosiphonus rhomboideus
Panopistus pricei
Strongyloides sp.
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois Brachylaima thompsoni
Panopistus pricei
Cryptocotylepis anthocephalus
Protogynella pauciova
Capillaria sp. (bladder)
Eucoleus blarinae
Physaloptera limbata
Porrocaecum americanum
Porrocaecum ensicaudatum
Stefanskostrongylus blarini
Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus
Indiana Physaloptera limbata
Iowa Brachylaima thompsoni
Panopistus pricei
Blarinolepis blarinae
Cryptocotylepis anthocephalus
Hymenolepis sp.
Lineolepis parva
Mathevolepis macyi
Protogynella blarinae
Protogynella pauciova
Pseudodiorchis reynoldsi
Skrjabinacanthus falculata
Staphylocystoides longi
Vogelepis virilis
Baruscapillaria rauschi
Capillaria sp. 1
Capillaria sp. 2
Eucoleus oesophagicola
Liniscus urinicola
Longistriata depressa
Longistriata sp.
Parastrongyloides winchesi
Porrocaecum americanum
Porrocaecum ensicaudatum
Pseudophysaloptera formosana soricinia
Juvenile oxyurids
Unidentified metastrongyle
Physaloptera limbata
Kansas Longistriata caudabullata
Physaloptera limbata
Rictularia scalopis
Moniliformis clarki
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland Brachylaima thompsoni
Panopistus pricei
Longistriata caudabullata
Physaloptera limbata
Michigan Brachylaima thompsoni
Panopistus pricei
Cryptocotylepis anthocephalus Stefanskostrongylus michiganensis Moniliformis clarki
Minnesota Brachylaima thompsoni
Ectosiphonus rhomboideus
Pseudodiorchis sp.
Mississippi
Missouri Physaloptera limbata
Montana Brachylaima thompsoni
Neoglyphe locellus
Xiphidiotrema lockerae
Brachylecithum mosquensis
Lineolepis parva
Lineolepis sengeri
Lockerrauschia intricata
Mathevolepis macyi
Mesocestoides sp.
Monocercus soricis
Paruterina candelabraria
Protogynella sp.
Skrjabinacanthus falculata
Soricinia kenki
Staphylocystis schilleri
Staphylocystis clydesengeri
Staphylocystis sp.
Staphylocystoides longi
Staphylocystoides parvissima
Staphylocystoides serrula
Staphylocystoides sphenomorphus
Staphylocystoides oligospinosus
Baruscapillaria rauschi
Capillaria sp. 3
Eucoleus oesophagicola
Liniscus maseri
Longistriata meylani
Paracrenosoma sp.
Parastrongyloides winchesi
Porrocaecum americanum
Porrocaecum encapsulatum
Pseudophysaloptera formosana soricinia
Nebraska Brachylaima thompsoni
Panopistus pricei
Staphylocystoides asketus Longistriata caudabullata Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus
Nevada Raillietina sp. Spiruroid nematode
New Hampshire Physaloptera limbata
“roundworms”
Moniliformis sp.
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York Cryptocotylepis anthocephalus
Pseudodiorchis reynoldsi
Eucoleus blarinae
Porrocaecum sp. (larvae)
Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus
North Carolina Brachylaima thompsoni
Panopistus pricei
Cryptocotylepis anthocephalus Longistriata caudabullata
Pearsonema plica
Physaloptera sp.
Centrorhynchus sp.
North Dakota

Staphylocystoides asketus
Mathevolepis macyi

Ohio Brachylaima thompsoni
Panopistus pricei
Xiphidiotrema lockerae
Blarinolepis blarinae
Cryptocotylepis anthocephalus
Hymenolepis sp.
Lineolepis lineola
Protogynella blarinae
Protogynella pauciova
Pseudodiorchis reynoldsi
Staphylocystoides longi
Staphylocystoides serrula
Hymenolepis sp.
Longistriata aeschlimanni
Longistriata depressa
Physaloptera limbata
Porrocaecum americanum
Porrocaecum encapsulatum
Porrocaecum ensicaudatum
Stefanskostrongylus blarini
Physaloptera limbata
Centrorhynchus conspectus
Moniliformis clarki
Moniliformis moniliformis
Oklahoma Hymenolepis scalopi
Oregon Euryhelmis pacificus
Xiphidiotrema lockerae
Aspalacitrema aspalicis
Lineolepis sengeri
Lockerrauschia intricata
Mathevolepis macyi
Monocercus soricis
Protogynella blarinae
Skrjabinacanthus falculata
Soricinia kenki
Staphylocystis schilleri
Staphylocystoides longi
Staphylocystoides pauciproglottis
Staphylocystoides sphenomorphus
Hymenolepis neurotrichi
Liniscus urinicola
Liniscus maseri
Porrocaecum sp. (larvae)
Tricholinstowia maseri
Unidentified lungworm
Centrorhynchus sp.
Pennsylvania Brachylaima thompsoni
Panopistus pricei
Cryptocotylepis anthocephalus
Ditestolepis pulchra
Lineolepis lineola
Mathevolepis macyi
Oochoristica pennsylvanica
Protogynella pauciova
Pseudodiorchis reynoldsi
Soricinia kenki
Staphylocystoides longi
Staphylocystoides serrula
Baruscapillaria rauschi
Longistriata alainchabaudi
Porrocaecum americanum
Porrocaecum encapsulatum
Porrocaecum ensicaudatum
Porrocaecum sp. (adult)
Stefanskostrongylus michiganensis
Onchocercidae
Physaloptera limbata
Porrocaecum americanum
Porrocaecum encapsulatum
Macracanthorhynchus ingens
Rhode Island
South Carolina Ityogonimus scalopi
South Dakota Cryptocotylepis anthocephalus Mediorhynchus grandis
Tennessee Brachylaima thompsoni Staphylocystoides serrula Pseudophysaloptera formosana soricinia
Texas
Utah
Vermont Physaloptera limbata
Virginia Brachylaima thompsoni
Panopistus pricei
Protogynella blarinae
Pseudodiorchis reynoldsi
Calodium hepaticum
Washington

Vampirolepis olsoni
Staphylocysis clydesengeri

Unidentified lungworm Echinorhynchus sp. (immature)
West Virginia
Wisconsin Brachylaima thompsoni
Panopistus pricei
Blarinolepis blarinae
Cryptocotylepis anthocephalus
Lineolepis parva
Protogynella blarinae
Skrjabinacanthus falculata
Staphylocystis schilleri
Baruscapillaria rauschi
Physaloptera limbata
Physaloptera limbata
Wyoming Lineolepis parva
Washington DC Porrocaecum encapsulatum
Alberta Longistriata baeri
Longistriata meylani
British Columbia Trichinella spiralis
Manitoba Longistriata blarinae
Longistriata caudabullata
Longistriata dikmansi
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia Liniscus maseri Cowan et al 2007, 2009
Ontario Brachylaima thompsoni
Panopistus pricei
Cladotaenia globifera
Cryptocotylepis anthocephalus
Protogynella blarinae
Pseudodiorchis reynoldsi
Longistriata aeschlimanni
Longistriata alainchabaudi
Longistriata blarinae
Longistriata caudabullata
Longistriata euzeti
Longistriata rauschi
Longistriata robdollfusi
Unidentified lungworm (larvae)
Prince Edward Island
Quebec Pearsonema plica
Saskatchewan
Canada Longistriata alainchabaudi
Longistriata euzeti
Longistriata robdollfusi

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