Species Potoroxyuris keninupensis Hobbs & Elliot, 2016

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• Potoroxyuris keninupensis Hobbs, R.P. & Elliot, A.D. 2016. A new species of Potoroxyuris (Nematoda: Oxyuridae) from the woylie Bettongia penicillata (Marsupialia: Potoroidae) from southwestern Australia. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 5: 211-216 [211, Figs. 1.1-1.8, 2A-C and 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC47714 Vial♂ (Host individual wild from Keninup WA (33.94S, 116.57E), transferred to NAR 11 Nov 2010.), Native Animal Rescue, Malaga, Western Australia [31°52'S, 115°53'E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC47716, AHC47717, AHC36234, AHC36235 Vials & Slides (Host individual wild from Keninup WA (33.94S, 116.57E), transferred to NAR 11 Nov 2010.), Native Animal Rescue, Malaga, Western Australia [31°52'S, 115°53'E]; SAMA AHC36236, AHC47718, AHC47719 Vials & Slide (Host individual originally from captive breeding colony in Roleystone WA (32.12S, 116.08E)), Native Animal Rescue, Malaga, Western Australia [31°52'S, 115°53'E]; SAMA AHC47715 (as Allotype) VIal ♀ (Host individual wild from Keninup WA (33.94S, 116.57E), transferred to NAR 11 Nov 2010.), Native Animal Rescue, Malaga, Western Australia [31°52'S, 115°53'E].

  Type host:

   Bettongia penicillata Gray, 1837 [POTOROIDAE] (Parasite from caecum & colon)

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Western Australia

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WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

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