Species Parasambonia bridgesi Stunkard & Gandal, 1968
- Parasambonia bridgesi Stunkard, H.W. & Gandal, C.P. 1968. The pentastomes Waddycephalus tertiusculus (Baird, 1862) Sambon, 1922 and Parasambonia bridgesi n. gen., n. sp., from the lungs of the Australian snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus. Zoologica (New York) 53: 49-56 [50].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 12924, host collected in Australia, parasites taken during autopsy at New York Zoological Park, NY, USA.
Paratype(s) AMNH 12925 12 whole mounts and 2 in transverse serial sections, collected with holotype; AMNH 12926 13 specimens in alcohol, collected with holotype.Type host:
Pseudechis porphyriacus (Shaw, 1794) [Elapidae] (from lungs)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Pseudechis porphyriacus (Shaw, 1794) [ELAPIDAE] Red-bellied Black Snake; Demansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837) [ELAPIDAE] Yellow-faced Whip Snake; Tropidechis carinatus (Krefft, 1863) [ELAPIDAE] Rough-scaled Snake).
General References
Riley, J. & Self, J.T. 1982. A revision of the pentastomid genus Parasambonia Stunkard & Gandal, 1968: a new generic character, a description of the male and a new species. Systematic Parasitology 4: 125-133 (redescription, distribution, hosts)
History of changes
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