Species Elenia australis Heymons, 1932
- Elenia australis Heymons, R. 1932. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pentastomiden Australiens und benachbarter Gebiete. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 4: 409-430 [413].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMH from Museum Godeffroy 2 females (Weidner (1950) recorded only a female holotype), Rockhampton, Qld
Comment: type host unknown.Type locality references:
Weidner, H. 1959. Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. I. Teil. Pararthropoda und Chelicerata I. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 57: 89-142 [93] (female holotype only listed).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Also PNG from lung of Asian Water Monitor, Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768)
Distribution References
- Riley, J., Spratt, D.M. & Presidente, P.J.A. 1985. Pentastomids (Arthropoda) parasitic in Australian reptiles and mammals. Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 39-53 (additional records from Australia and PNG)
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) [VARANIDAE] Asian Water Monitor (from PNG); Varanus varius (White, 1790) [VARANIDAE] Lace Monitor (Adelaide Zoo, SA (uncertain origin); Townsville, QLD (uncertain record))).
General References
Heymons, R. & Vitzthum, H.G. 1935. Beiträge zur Systematik der Pentastomiden. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 8: 1-103 [53] (redescription)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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