Species Globocephaloides macropodis Yorke & Maplestone, 1926

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• Globocephaloides macropodis Yorke, W. & Maplestone, P.A. 1926. The Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. London : J. & A. Churchill 536 pp. [174].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 2000.4.10.61, Townsville, Qld.

  Type host:

   Macropus agilis (Gould, 1842) [MACROPODIDAE]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Thylogale thetis (Lesson, 1827) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Pademelon; Aepyprymnus rufescens (Gray, 1837) [POTOROIDAE] Rufous Bettong; Petrogale brachyotis (Gould, 1841) [MACROPODIDAE] Short-eared Rock-wallaby; Lagorchestes conspicillatus Gould, 1842 [MACROPODIDAE] Spectacled Hare-wallaby (Spectacled Hare Wallaby); Petrogale inornata Gould, 1842 [MACROPODIDAE] Unadorned Rock-wallaby; Macropus parryi (Bennett, 1835) [MACROPODIDAE] Whiptail Wallaby; Melomys sp. [MURIDAE]; Petrogale venustula [MACROPODIDAE]; Macropus agilis (Gould, 1842) [MACROPODIDAE] Agile Wallaby; Macropus dorsalis (Gray, 1837) [MACROPODIDAE] Black-striped Wallaby; Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 [MACROPODIDAE] Eastern Grey Kangaroo; Petrogale persiphone Maynes, 1982 [MACROPODIDAE] Proserpine Rock Wallaby), parasitic.

Extra Ecological Information

In duodenum (small intestine).

General References

Beveridge, I. 1979. A review of the Globocephaloidinae Inglis (Nematoda: Amidostomatidae) from macropodid marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 151-175 (redescription)

Beveridge, I., Speare, R. & Johnson, P.M. 1984. New records of Globocephaloidinae (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea) from Macropodidae in north Queensland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 197-201 (additional records)

Beveridge, I., Spratt, D.M., Close, R.L., Barker, S.C. & Sharman, G.B. 1989. Helminth parasites of rock-wallabies, Petrogale spp. (Marsupialia), from Queensland. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 273-287

Fazenda, I.P, Beveridge, I., Chilton, N.B., Jex, A.R., Pangasa, A., Campbell, B.E., Huby-Chilton, F., Carvalho, L. & Gasser, R.B. 2009. Analysis of genetic variation in Globocephaloides populations from macropodid marsupials using a mutation scanning-based approach. Electrophoresis 30: 2758-2764 (molecular study defining species)

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