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Species Hepatocystis levinei Landau, Humphery-Smith, Chabaud, Miltgen, Copeman & Boulard, 1985

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck, 1825 [PTEROPODIDAE] Grey-headed Flying-fox (blood, liver); Culicoides nubeculosus Macfie, 1758 [CERATOPOGONIDAE] Midge (gut, salivary glands (exptl. infection))).

Associated Fauna References

Boulard, Y., Landau, I., Miltgen, F., Baccam, D. & Humphery-Smith, I. 1985. Observations ultrastructurales sur la sporogonie d'Hepatocystis levinei, haemoproteide, parasite de chiropteres of Australiens chez Culicoides nubeculosus. Protistologica 21: 93-106 (Pteropus poliocephalus; Culicoides nubeculosus)

Landau, I., Humphery-Smith, I., Chabaud, A.G., Miltgen, F., Copeman, B. & Boulard, Y. 1985. Description et transmission experimentale de l'haemoproteide Hepatocystis levinei n. sp. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 60: 373-382 (Pteropus poliocephalus; Culicoides nubeculosus)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
03-Dec-2014 APICOMPLEXA Levine, 1970 10-Apr-2024 MODIFIED
26-Jul-2012 10-Apr-2024 MODIFIED
24-Aug-2011 ADDED