Species Breinlia (Breinlia) spelaea (Leidy, 1875)

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• Filaria spelaea Leidy, J. 1875. Notes on some parasitic worms. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 27: 14-16 [17].
• Filaria australis Linstow, O. von 1897. Zur Systematic der Nematoden nebst Beschreibung neuer Arten. Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie und Entwicklungsmechanik 49: 608-622 [610].

Generic Combinations

• Dipetalonema australe (Linstow, 1897). —
  Boulenger, C.L. 1928. Report on a collection of parasitic nematodes mainly from Egypt. Part V. Filarioidea. Parasitology 20: 23-55 [33]
• Breinlia (Breinlia) spelaea (Leidy, 1875). —
  Chabaud, A.G. & Bain, O. 1976. La lignée Dipetalonema. Nouvel essai de classification. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 51: 365-397 [377]
• Dipetalonema spelaea (Leidy, 1875). —
  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 [114]
• Breinlia spelaea (Leidy, 1875). —
  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]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Breinlia sp. B. —
  Beveridge, I., Speare, R., Johnson, P.M. & Spratt, D.M. 1992. Helminth parasite communities of macropodoid marsupials of the genera Hypsoprymnodon, Aepyprymnus, Thylogale, Onychogalea, Largorchestes and Dendrolagus from Queensland. Wildlife Research 19(4): 359-376 [367]
• Breinlia sp. A. —
  Beveridge, I., Speare, R., Johnson, P.M. & Spratt, D.M. 1992. Helminth parasite communities of macropodoid marsupials of the genera Hypsoprymnodon, Aepyprymnus, Thylogale, Onychogalea, Largorchestes and Dendrolagus from Queensland. Wildlife Research 19(4): 359-376 [367]

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Petrogale assimilis Ramsay, 1877 [MACROPODIDAE] Allied Rock-wallaby; Onychogalea fraenata (Gould, 1841) [MACROPODIDAE] Bridled Nailtail Wallaby; Petrogale penicillata (Gray, 1825) [MACROPODIDAE] Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby; Petrogale herberti Thomas, 1926 [MACROPODIDAE] Herbert’s Rock-wallaby; Petrogale mareeba Eldridge & Close, 1992 [MACROPODIDAE] Mareeba Rock Wallaby; Onychogalea unguifera (Gould, 1841) [MACROPODIDAE] Northern Nailtail Wallaby; Petrogale persephone Maynes, 1982 [MACROPODIDAE] Proserpine Rock-wallaby; Petrogale sharmani Eldridge & Close, 1992 [MACROPODIDAE] Sharman's Rock-wallaby; Petrogale inornata Gould, 1842 [MACROPODIDAE] Unadorned Rock-wallaby).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from peritoneal & pleural cavities.

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