Species Pelecitus roemeri (Linstow, 1905)

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Regional Maps

• Filaria roemeri Linstow, O. von 1905. Helminthologische Beobachtungen. Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie und Entwicklungsmechanik 66: 355-366 [356].

  Type host:

   Macropus antilopinus
• Filaria websteri Cobbold, T.S. 1879. Parasites, a Treatise on the Entozoan of Man and Animals, including some account of the ectozoa. London 508 pp. [433].
• Agamofilaria tabanicola Johnston, T.H. & Bancroft, M.J. 1920. The cattle worm-nodule parasite - Some Experiments with Flies as possible Transmitters. Science and Industry 2: 315-316 [315].

Generic Combinations

• Pelecitus roemeri (Linstow, 1905). —
  Bartlett, C.M. & Greiner, E.C. 1986. A revision of Pelecitus Railliet & Henry, 1920 (Filarioidea, Dirofilariinae) and evidence for the “capture” by mammals of filarioids of birds. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4 8: 47-99 [93]
• Dirofilaria roemeri (Linstow, 1905). —
  Anderson, R.C. 1959. The taxonomy of Dipetalonema spirocauda (Leidy, 1858) n. comb. (=Skrjabinaria spirocauda) and Dirofilaria roemeri (Linstow, 1905) n. comb. (=Dipetalonema roemeri). Canadian Journal of Zoology 37: 481-493 [490]
• Acanthocheilonema roemeri (Linstow, 1905). —
  Baylis, H.A. 1925. Notes on some Australian Parasitic Nematodes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 15: 112-115 [114]
• Dipetalonema roemeri (Linstow, 1905). —
  Yorke, W. & Maplestone, P.A. 1926. The Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. London : J. & A. Churchill 536 pp. [429]
• Dirofilaria websteri (Cobbold, 1879). —
  Yorke, W. & Maplestone, P.A. 1926. The Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. London : J. & A. Churchill 536 pp. [395]

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Macropus agilis (Gould, 1842) [MACROPODIDAE] Agile Wallaby; Petrogale assimilis Ramsay, 1877 [MACROPODIDAE] Allied Rock-wallaby; Macropus antilopinus (Gould, 1842) [MACROPODIDAE] Antilopine Wallaroo; Macropus dorsalis (Gray, 1837) [MACROPODIDAE] Black-striped Wallaby; Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 [MACROPODIDAE] Eastern Grey Kangaroo; Dendrolagus lumholtzi Collett, 1884 [MACROPODIDAE] Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo; Onychogalea unguifera (Gould, 1841) [MACROPODIDAE] Northern Nailtail Wallaby; Petrogale persephone Maynes, 1982 [MACROPODIDAE] Proserpine Rock-wallaby; Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby; Macropus eugenii (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Tammar Wallaby; Petrogale inornata Gould, 1842 [MACROPODIDAE] Unadorned Rock-wallaby; Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Western Grey Kangaroo; Macropus parryi (Bennett, 1835) [MACROPODIDAE] Whiptail Wallaby; Macropus robustus erubescens Sclater, 1870 [MACROPODIDAE]; Macropus rufogriseus banksianus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [MACROPODIDAE]; Phascolarctos cinereu [PHASCOLARCTIDAE]; Macropus robustus robustus Gould, 1841 [MACROPODIDAE]; Macropus robustus woodwardi Thomas, 1901 [MACROPODIDAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from subcutaneous tissue.

History of changes