Species Breinlia (Breinlia) robertsi (Johnston & Mawson, 1938)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dipetalonema robertsi Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1938. Some nematodes from Australian marsupials. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 6: 187-198 [188].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA AHC41124 Vial 1♂1♀, Normanton, Queensland.

  Type host:

   Macropus robustus erubescens Gould, 1841 [MACROPODIDAE] (Parasite from body cavity)
• Dipetalonema tenue Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1938. An account of some filarial parasites of Australian marsupials. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 62: 107-121 [118].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC41125 Vial ♀, Mt. Liebig or Cockatoo Creek, Northern Territory.

  Type host:

   Macropus robustus Gould, 1841 [MACROPODIDAE] (Parasite from viscera)
• Dipetalonema australiense Yamaguti, S. 1961. Systema helminthum. Volume III. The nematodes of vertebrates. New York : Interscience Publishers Vol. III 679 pp. [649].

Generic Combinations

• Breinlia (Breinlia) robertsi (Johnston & Mawson, 1938). —
  Chabaud, A.G. & Bain, O. 1976. La lignée Dipetalonema. Nouvel essai de classification. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 51: 365-397 [377]
• Breinlia robertsi (Johnston & Mawson, 1938). —
  Yeh, L.S. 1957. On a filarial parasite Deraiophoronema freitaslenti n. sp. from the giant anteater, Myrmecophagus tridactyla from British Guiana, and a proposed reclassification of Dipetalonema and related genera. Parasitology 47(1/2): 196-205 [202]
• Breinlia tenuis (Johnston & Mawson, 1938). —
  Mackerras, M.J. 1962. Filarial parasites (Nematoda : Filarioidea) of Australian animals. Australian Journal of Zoology 10: 400-457 [417]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Macropus antilopinus (Gould, 1842) [MACROPODIDAE] Antilopine Wallaroo; Onychogalea fraenata (Gould, 1841) [MACROPODIDAE] Bridled Nailtail Wallaby; Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 [MACROPODIDAE] Eastern Grey Kangaroo; Onychogalea unguifera (Gould, 1841) [MACROPODIDAE] Northern Nailtail Wallaby; Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) [MACROPODIDAE] Red Kangaroo; Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Western Grey Kangaroo; Macropus robustus erubescens Sclater, 1870 [MACROPODIDAE]; Macropus robustus robustus Gould, 1841 [MACROPODIDAE]; Macropus robustus woodwardi Thomas, 1901 [MACROPODIDAE]; Petrogale lateralis [MACROPODIDAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from peritoneal cavity.

History of changes