Family COSMOCERCIDAE Railliet, 1916 (Travassos, 1925)

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Subfamily MAXVACHONIINAE Chabaud & Brygoo, 1960

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Genus Maxvachonia Chabaud & Brygoo, 1960

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia


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Species Maxvachonia adamsoni Moravec & Sey, 1990

 

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Litoria infrafrenata (Günther, 1867) [HYLIDAE] Giant Tree Frog).

 

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Species Maxvachonia brygooi Mawson, 1972

 

Distribution

States

South Australia


Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Pogona barbata (Cuvier, 1829) [AGAMIDAE] Bearded Dragon; Varanus tristis (Schlegel, 1839) [VARANIDAE] Black-headed Monitor; Ctenophorus nuchalis (De Vis, 1884) [AGAMIDAE] Central Netted Dragon; Pogona minor (Sternfeld, 1919) [AGAMIDAE] Dwarf Bearded Dragon; Chlamydosaurus kingii J.E. Gray, 1825 [AGAMIDAE] Frilled Lizard; Amphibolurus muricatus (White, 1790) [AGAMIDAE] Jacky Lizard; Pogona microlepidota (Glauert, 1952) [AGAMIDAE] Kimberley Bearded Dragon; Ctenophorus fordi (Storr, 1965) [AGAMIDAE] Mallee Military Dragon; Ctenophorus fionni (Procter, 1923) [AGAMIDAE] Peninsula Dragon; Cyclodomorphus melanops (Stirling & Zietz, 1893) [SCINCIDAE] Spinifex Slender Blue-tongue; Tiliqua occipitalis (Peters, 1863) [SCINCIDAE] Western Blue-tongue; Physignathus lesueurii).

 

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Species Maxvachonia chabaudi Mawson, 1972

 

Introduction

Localities from Goldberg & Bursey (2021) are difficult to interpret. Localities where infected host specimens were collected are not mentioned explicitly - only a single location is provided (via database search in the Harold Manter Parastiology Laboratory where M. chabaudi specimens are stored), but it is possible that M. chabaudi also occurs at the other listed locality.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Queensland: 30km south of Ravenswood (20.3727°S, 146.8888°E); 22km east-northeast of Cardwell (18.1948°S, 146.2294°E). See Goldberg & Bursey (2021).


Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Gehyra dubia (MacLeay, 1876) [GEKKONIDAE] Dubious dtella; Eulamprus kosciuskoi (Kinghorn, 1932) [SCINCIDAE] Alpine Water Skink; Varanus tristis (Schlegel, 1839) [VARANIDAE] Black-headed Monitor; Ctenotus labillardieri (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) [SCINCIDAE] Common South-west Ctenotus; Varanus rosenbergi Mertens, 1957 [VARANIDAE] Heath Monitor; Hemiergis peronii (J.E. Gray, 1831) [SCINCIDAE] Lowlands Earless Skink; Pseudonaja inframacula (Waite, 1925) [ELAPIDAE] Peninsula Brown Snake; Lerista bougainvillii (J.E. Gray, 1839) [SCINCIDAE] South-eastern Slider; Liopholis whitii (Lacépède, 1804) [SCINCIDAE] White’s Skink (as Egernia whitii); Ctenotus sp. [SCINCIDAE]; Nephrurus milii [CARPHODACTYLIDAE]; Morethia sp. [SCINCIDAE]).

 

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Species Maxvachonia ewersi Mawson, 1972

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Found in Papua New Guinea


Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Litoria nasuta (J.E. Gray, 1842) [HYLIDAE] Rocket Frog).

 

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Species Maxvachonia flindersi (Johnston & Mawson, 1941)

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

South Australia


Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [BUFONIDAE] Cane Toad; Heleioporus australiacus (Shaw & Nodder, 1795) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Giant Burrowing Frog; Litoria caerulea (J. White, 1790) [HYLIDAE] Green Tree Frog; Heleioporus barycragus Lee, 1967 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Hooting Frog; Heleioporus inornatus (Lee & Main, 1954) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Plains Frog; Litoria adelaidensis (J.E. Gray, 1841) [HYLIDAE] Slender Tree Frog; Limnodynastes dorsalis (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Western Banjo Frog; Litoria moorei (Copland, 1957) [HYLIDAE] Western Green and Golden Bell Frog; Hyla jervisiensis [HYLIDAE]; Heleioporus psammophilis [MYOBATRACHIDAE]; Hyla cyclorhyncha [HYLIDAE]).

 

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Species Maxvachonia sp. Pichelin et al., 1999

 

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Varanus glauerti Mertens, 1957 [VARANIDAE] Kimberley Rock Monitor; Morethia sp. [SCINCIDAE]).

 

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Subfamily AUSTRAPLECTANINAE Baker, 1981

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Genus Austraplectana Baker, 1981

 

Distribution

States

South Australia


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Species Austraplectana kartanum (Johnston & Mawson, 1941)

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

South Australia


Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Heleioporus eyrei J.E. Gray, 1845 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Moaning Frog; Litoria nasuta (J.E. Gray, 1842) [HYLIDAE] Rocket Frog; Litoria moorei (Copland, 1957) [HYLIDAE] Western Green and Golden Bell Frog (as Hyla moorei); Austraplectana sp. [COSMOCERCIDAE]; Hyla jervisiensis [HYLIDAE]).

 

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Subfamily COSMOCERCINAE Railliet, 1916

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Genus Cosmocerca Diesing, 1861

 

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Queensland, South Australia


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Species Cosmocerca limnodynastes Johnston & Simpson, 1942

 

Distribution

States

South Australia


Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Limnodynastes dorsalis (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Western Banjo Frog).

 

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Species Cosmocerca multipapillata Ni, Barton, Chen & Li, 2020

 

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Queensland


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