Species Armillifer aborealis Riley & Self, 1981
- Armillifer aborealis Riley, J. & Self, J.T. 1981. Some observations on the taxonomy and systematics of the pentastomid genus Armillifer (Sambon, 1922) in South East Asian and Australian snakes. Systematic Parasitology 2: 171-179 [176].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1979.9.4.1 mature male, London Zoo, London, UK.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1979.9.4.2-6 2 gravid females, 3 mature males, Darwin, NT.Type host:
Morelia viridis (Schlegel, 1872) [Boidae] (as Chondropython viridis)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
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 (subsequent Australian records)
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Boiga irregularis (Merrem, 1802) [COLUBRIDAE] Brown Tree Snake (from Darwin, NT); Morelia viridis (Schlegel, 1872) [BOIDAE] Green Python; Isoodon macrourus (Gould, 1842) [PERAMELIDAE] Northern Brown Bandicoot (in liver and lung, Walsh Point, Mitchell Plateau, WA); Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842 [DASYURIDAE] Northern Quoll (nymph in liver, Walsh Point, Mitchell Plateau, WA; small intestine, Cannon Hill, NT; Kapalga, Kakadu National Park, NT)).
Associated Fauna References
Spratt, D.M. 2011. Unpublished list of pentastomes in Wildlife Parasitology & Pathology Collection in the Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Crace, Canberra. (Dasyurus hallucatus)
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