Species Austrostrongylus victoriensis Cassone, 1983

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• Austrostrongylus victoriensis Cassone, J. 1983. Austrostrongylus victoriensis n. sp. (Nematoda, Trichostrongyloidea) parasite de Wallabia bicolor (Marsupialia, Macropodidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 5: 767-770 [767].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC43119 Vial♂, Healesville, Victoria.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC43120 (as Allotype) Vial♀, Healesville, Victoria; SAMA AHC43121, AHC43122 Vials 32♂ 46♀, Healesville, Victoria; MNHP 809 CA.

  Type host:

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

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat; Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby).

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestine.

General References

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 [28-32, figs 16-18] (redescription)

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