History of changes

• Aelurostrongylus Cameron, T.W.M. 1927. Studies on three new genera and some little-known species of the Nematode family Protottrongylidae Leiper 1926. Journal of Helminthology 5: 1-24 [12].

History of changes

• Strongylus abstrusus Railliet, A. 1898. Rectification de la nomenclature d'après les travaux récents. Recueil de Médecine Véterinaire de l'École d'Alfort 75: 171-174 [173].

Generic Combinations

• Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Railliet, 1898). —
  Cameron, T.W.M. 1927. Studies on three new genera and some little-known species of the Nematode family Protottrongylidae Leiper 1926. Journal of Helminthology 5: 1-24 [12-14]

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from the bronchioles.

History of changes

• Angiostrongylus Kamensky, S. 1905. The systematic position of the Genera Metastrongylus and Protostrongylus (g.n.) among the Strongylidae. Sbornik trudov Kharkovskavo Veterinarnavo Instituta 1905: 1-68.

  Type species:

   Strongylus vasorum Baillet, 1866 (= Angiostrongylus vasorum (Baillet, 1866) Kamensky. 1905) by original designation.

General References

Spratt, D.M. 2015. Species of Angiostrongylus (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in wildlife: A review. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 4: 178–189

History of changes

• Pulmonema cantonensis Chen, H.T. 1935. Un nouveau nematode pulmonaire, Pulmonema cantonensis n. g. n. sp. des rats de Canton. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 13(4): 312-317 [313].

Generic Combinations

• Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935). —
  Dougherty, E.C. 1946. The genus Aelurostrongylus Cameron,1927 (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae), and its relatives; with descriptions of Parafilaroides, gen. nov., and Angiostrongylus gubernaculatus, sp. nov. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 13: 16-25 [22]

Introduction

Spratt (2015: 185) lists some 22 species recorded as unusual hosts for Angiostrongylus cantonensis, among them eutherian mammals, marsupials, and birds.

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat (pulmoinary arteries and right ventricle); Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat; Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852) [MURIDAE] Fawn-footed Melomys; Melomys burtoni Ramsay, 1887 [MURIDAE] Grassland Melomys).

General References

Spratt, D.M. 2015. Species of Angiostrongylus (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in wildlife: A review. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 4: 178–189 [180] (hosts, life cycle)

History of changes

• Angiostrongylus mackerrasae Bhaibulaya, M. 1968. A new species of Angiostrongylus in an Australian rat, Rattus fuscipes. Parasitology 58: 789-799 [789].

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat (right ventricle and pulmonary arteries); Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat).

General References

Spratt, D.M. 2015. Species of Angiostrongylus (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in wildlife: A review. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 4: 178–189 [181]

History of changes

• Strongylus vasorum Baillet, C. 1866. Strongle des vaisseaux et du coeur du chien. Dictionnaire de médecine, de chirurgie et d'hygiène vétérinaires 8: 587-588 [587].

Generic Combinations

• Angiostrongylus vasorum (Baillet, 1866). —
  Kamensky, S. 1905. The systematic position of the Genera Metastrongylus and Protostrongylus (g.n.) among the Strongylidae. Sbornik trudov Kharkovskavo Veterinarnavo Instituta 1905: 1-68

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Canis lupus familiaris Linaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Domestic Dog).

General References

Spratt, D.M. 2015. Species of Angiostrongylus (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in wildlife: A review. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 4: 178–189 [181]

History of changes

• Antechinostrongylus Spratt, D.M. 1981. Antechinostrongylus disgubernaculus gen. et sp. n. (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae) from the marsupial mouse, Antechinus swainsonii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Journal of Parasitology 67(1): 90-93 [90].

  Type species:

   Antechinostrongylus disgubernaculus Spratt, 1981 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

History of changes

• Antechinostrongylus disgubernaculus Spratt, D.M. 1981. Antechinostrongylus disgubernaculus gen. et sp. n. (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae) from the marsupial mouse, Antechinus swainsonii (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Journal of Parasitology 67(1): 90-93 [91].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC42066 Vial 1♂, Nadgee Nature Reserve, South of Eden, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC42067(as Allotype), AHC42068 Vials 2♀, Nadgee Nature Reserve, South of Eden, New South Wales.

  Type host:

   Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) [DASYURIDAE] (Parasite from deep within lung parenchyma, well away from pleura.)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) [DASYURIDAE] Dusky Antechinus).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from lung parenchyma.

History of changes

• Cosmostrongylus Spratt, D.M. 1984. Further studies of lung parasites from Australian marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 283-310 [301].

  Type species:

   Cosmostrongylus conspectus Spratt, 1984 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

History of changes

• Cosmostrongylus conspectus Spratt, D.M. 1984. Further studies of lung parasites from Australian marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 283-310 [302].

  Type data:

   Paratype(s) SAMA AHC43233 Vial 4♀ anteriors and posteriors, Wongabel State Forest, near Atherton, Queensland.

  Type host:

   Thylogale stigmatica (Gould, 1860) [MACROPODIDAE] (Parasite from lung tissue)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Thylogale stigmatica (Gould, 1860) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-legged Pademelon).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from the lungs.

History of changes

• Filostrongylus Mackerras, M.J. 1955. A new lungworm from Australian marsupials (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 66: 77-81 [77].

  Type species:

   Filostrongylus peramelis Mackerras, 1955 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

History of changes

• Filostrongylus peramelis Mackerras, M.J. 1955. A new lungworm from Australian marsupials (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 66: 77-81 [77].

  Type host:

   Perameles nasuta

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Perameles nasuta Geoffroy, 1804 [PERAMELIDAE] Long-nosed Bandicoot; Isoodon macrourus [PERAMELIDAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from terminal bronchioles, alveoli and lung parenchyma.

History of changes

• Filostrongylus tridendriticus Spratt, D.M. 1984. Further studies of lung parasites from Australian marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 283-310 [299].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC43234 Vial 1♂ posterior, 5km North of Kempton, Tasmania.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC43235 Vial 2♂ posterior 2♀ posterior, 5km North of Kempton, Tasmania.

  Type host:

   Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) [PHALANGERIDAE] (Parasite from lung tissue)

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) [PHALANGERIDAE] Common Brushtail Possum).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from the lungs.

History of changes

• Gallegostrongylus Mas-Coma, S. 1977. Gallegostrongylus ibicensis n. gen., n. sp. (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) parasite pulmonaire de Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 (Rodentia: Muridae) a Ibiza (Baleares). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 52(6): 637-642 [641].

  Type species:

   Gallegostrongylus ibicensis Mas-Coma, 1977 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

History of changes

• Gallegostrongylus australis Spratt, D.M., Haycock, P. & Walter, E.L. 2001. Gallegostrongylus australis n. sp (Nematoda : Angiostrongylidae) from Muridae in Australia, with zoogeographical considerations. Parasite 8(1): 45-51 [47].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC31393 Vial 1 ♂, Ludwigs Swamp, Nadgee State Forest, 30km S of Eden, New South Wales [37°17'S, 149°48'E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC31394 (Allotype) - AHC31396 Vials 6♀ 4♂, Ludwigs Swamp, Nadgee State Forest, 30km S of Eden, New South Wales [37°17'S, 149°48'E].

  Type host:

   Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] (Parasite from subpleural nodules of the lung)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from the subpleural nodules.

History of changes

• Marsupostrongylus Mackerras, M.J. & Sandars, D.F. 1953. Two new metastrongyle lung-worms from Australian marsupials. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 63: 71-76 [71].

  Type species:

   Marsupostrongylus bronchialis Mackerras & Sandars, 1953 by original designation.
• Plectostrongylus Mackerras, M.J. & Sandars, D.F. 1953. Two new metastrongyle lung-worms from Australian marsupials. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 63: 71-76 [74].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

History of changes

• Marsupostrongylus bronchialis Mackerras, M.J. & Sandars, D.F. 1953. Two new metastrongyle lung-worms from Australian marsupials. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 63: 71-76 [71].

  Type host:

   Isoodon macrourus

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Isoodon macrourus [PERAMELIDAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from major bronchi and bronchioles of lung.

History of changes

• Marsupostrongylus coulstoni Spratt, D.M. 1979. A Taxonomic Revision of the Lungworms (Nematoda : Metastrongyloidea) from Australian Marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 67: 1-45 [16].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC41581 Vial 1♂, Lucyvale Victoria.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC41582 (Allotype) - AHC41584 Vials 2♀ 1♂, Lucyvale, Victoria.

  Type host:

   Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800) [VOMBATIDA] (Parasite from terminal bronchioles of lung)

Distribution

States

Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800) [VOMBATIDAE] Bare-nosed Wombat).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from terminal bronchioles of lung.

History of changes

• Marsupostrongylus dorrigoensis Spratt, D.M. 1979. A Taxonomic Revision of the Lungworms (Nematoda : Metastrongyloidea) from Australian Marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 67: 1-45 [19].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC41585 Vial 1♂, Dorrigo, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC41586(Allotype) - AHC41594 Vials 5♂ 13♀, Dorrigo, New South Wales.

  Type host:

   Thylogale thetis (Lesson, 1828) [MACROPODIDAE] (Parasite from larger bronchioles of lung)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Thylogale thetis (Lesson, 1827) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Pademelon; Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from larger bronchioles of lung.

History of changes

• Plectostrongylus fragilis Mackerras, M.J. & Sandars, D.F. 1953. Two new metastrongyle lung-worms from Australian marsupials. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 63: 71-76 [74].

  Type host:

   Antechinus stuartii

Generic Combinations

• Marsupostrongylus fragilis (Mackerras & Sandars, 1953). —
  Spratt, D.M. 1979. A Taxonomic Revision of the Lungworms (Nematoda : Metastrongyloidea) from Australian Marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 67: 1-45 [21]

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841 [DASYURIDAE] Brown Antechinus).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli of lung.

History of changes

• Marsupostrongylus lanceolatus Spratt, D.M. 1979. A Taxonomic Revision of the Lungworms (Nematoda : Metastrongyloidea) from Australian Marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 67: 1-45 [25].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC41595 Vial 1 ♂, Powelltown, Victoria.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC41596 Vial anterior & posterior ♂, Powelltown, Victoria; SAMA AHC41597 (Allotype), AHC41598 Vials ♀, anterior & posterior ♀♀, Schlink Pass, Kosciusko National Park, New South Wales.

  Type host:

   Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841 [DASYURIDAE] (parasite from terminal bronchioles, alveoli and lung parenchyma)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841 [DASYURIDAE] Brown Antechinus; Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) [DASYURIDAE] Dusky Antechinus).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from terminal bronchioles, alveoli and parenchyma of lung.

History of changes

• Marsupostrongylus longilarvatus Spratt, D.M. 1979. A Taxonomic Revision of the Lungworms (Nematoda : Metastrongyloidea) from Australian Marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 67: 1-45 [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC41599 Vial ♂, Bondi State Forest, near Bombala, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC41600 (Allotype) - AHC41607 Vials 6♀ 4♂, Bondi State Forest, near Bombala, New South Wales.

  Type host:

   Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] (Parasite from terminal bronchioles of lung)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 [MACROPODIDAE] Eastern Grey Kangaroo; Thylogale thetis (Lesson, 1827) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Pademelon; Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from terminal bronchioles of lung.

History of changes

• Marsupostrongylus minesi Spratt, D.M. 1979. A Taxonomic Revision of the Lungworms (Nematoda : Metastrongyloidea) from Australian Marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 67: 1-45 [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC41608 Vial ♂, Mt. Glorious, Queensland.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC41609 (Allotype) - AHC416013 Vials 2♂ 2♀, Mt. Glorious, Queensland.

  Type host:

   Trichosurus caninus (Ogilby, 1836) [PHALANGERIDAE] (Parasite from terminal bronchioles of lung)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Trichosurus caninus (Ogilby, 1836) [PHALANGERIDAE] Short-eared possum; Schoinobates volans).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from terminal bronchioles of lung.

History of changes

• Marsupostrongylus parallelus Spratt, D.M. 1984. Further studies of lung parasites from Australian marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 283-310 [288].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC43236 Vial ♂, Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC43237 Vial 2 ♂ posterior, 1♀anterior 3♀posterior, Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory.

  Type host:

   Satanellus hallucatus (Gould, 1842) [DASYURIDAE] (Parasite from subpleural bronchioles & alveoli)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Satanellus hallucatus).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from the small bronchioles and alveoli of lung.

History of changes

• Marsupostrongylus pseudominesi Spratt, D.M. 1984. Further studies of lung parasites from Australian marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 283-310 [290].

  Type data:

   Paratype(s) SAMA AHC43238 Vial 5♂ 5

  Type host:

   Trichosurus johnstonii (Ramsay, 1888) [PHALANGERIDAE] (Host previously known as Trichosurus vulpecula johnstonii. Parasite from lower bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli of lung)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Trichosurus vulpecula johnstonii [PHALANGERIDAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from the ower bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli of lung.

History of changes

• Marsupostrongylus vandiemeni Spratt, D.M. 1984. Further studies of lung parasites from Australian marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 283-310 [293].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC43239 Vial ♂, "Icena", NE of Gladstone, Tasmania.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC43240 Vial 1♂posterior 1♀posterior, "Icena", NE of Gladstone, Tasmania.

  Type host:

   Notamacropus rufogriseus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] (Parasite from deep lung tissue away from pleura)

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus [MACROPODIDAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from the deep lung tissue away from pleura.

History of changes

• Marsupostrongylus wallabiae Spratt, D.M. 1984. Further studies of lung parasites from Australian marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 283-310 [295].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC43241 Vial ♂, Coolangubra State Forest, near Bombala, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC43242 (Allotype), AHC43243 Vials 2♀, 1♂1♀ posterior, Bondo State Forest, near Bramina, New South Wales.

  Type host:

   Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] (Parasite from deep lung tissue)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby; Macropus rufogriseus banksianus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [MACROPODIDAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from deep lung tissue.

History of changes