Species Wanaristrongylus papangawurpae Jones, 1987

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• Wanaristrongylus papangawurpae Jones, H.I. 1987. Wanaristrongylus gen.n. (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea) from Australian lizards, with descriptions of three new species. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 54: 40-47 [46].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 255-85, 100 km ENE of Laverton, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 256-85 (as allotype); WAM 257-85.

  Type host:

   Nephrurus laevissimus Mertens, 1958 [Gekkonidae]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Liopholis inornata (Rosén, 1905) [SCINCIDAE] Desert Skink (as Egernia inornata); Ctenotus dux Storr, 1969 [SCINCIDAE] Fine Side-lined Ctenotus; Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus (Sternfeld, 1919) [SCINCIDAE] Fourteen-lined Ctenotus; Ctenotus grandis Storr, 1969 [SCINCIDAE] Grand Ctenotus; Ctenotus pantherinus (Peters, 1866) [SCINCIDAE] Leopard Ctenotus; Liopholis striata (Sternfeld, 1919) [SCINCIDAE] Night Skink; Nephrurus laevissimus Mertens, 1958 [GEKKONIDAE] Pale Knob-tailed Gecko; Diplodactylus consipicillatus [DIPLODACTYLIDAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestine.

General References

Pichelin, S., Thomas, P.M. & Hutchinson, M.N. 1999. A checklist of helminth parasites of Australian reptiles. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) Monograph Series 5: 1-61 (additional host records)

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