Species Austrostrongylus aggregatus Johnston & Mawson, 1940

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• Austrostrongylus aggregatus Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1940. New and known nematodes from Australian marsupials. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 65: 468-476 [472].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC42890 Vial ♂, Milson Island, Hawkesbury River, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC42891 (as Allotype) Vial ♀, Milson Island, Hawkesbury River, New South Wales; SAMA AHC1818 Vial 6+♂, 6+♀, Milson Island, Hawkesbury River, New South Wales.

  Type host:

   Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] (Parasite from duodenum)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby).

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestime.

General References

Durette-Desset, M.-C. 1979. Compléments morphologiques à l'étude des genres Austrostrongylus Chandler, 1924, et Paraustrostrongylus Mawson, 1973 (Nematoda, Trichostrongylidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 1: 1023-1030

Durette-Desset, M.C. & Beveridge, I. 2012. Redescriptions and descriptions of new species of Austrostrongylus Chandler, 1924 (Nematoda: Trichostrongylina), from Australian marsupials with a comparative study of features of the synlophe. Zootaxa 3512: 1-41 [4-8, figs 1-3] (redescription)

Mawson, P.M. 1973. Amidostomatinae (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea) from Australian marsupials and monotremes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 97: 257-279 (additional morphological details)

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