Species Contracaecum bancrofti Johnston & Mawson, 1941

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• Contracaecum bancrofti Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1941. Ascaroid nematodes from Australian birds. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 65: 110-115 [112].

  Type data:

   
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC97 VIal, Burnett River, Queensland;
  Status unknown, SAMA AHC41433 Vial ♂ ♀ (Labelled as "Type Material".), Burnett River, Queensland.

  Type host:

   Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck, 1824 [PELECANIDAE] (Parasite from stomach)

Introduction

Synonymised with C. micropapillatum by Hartwich (1964) but removed from synonymy subsequently by Shamsi et al. (2009).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

General References

Hartwich, G. 1964. Revision der Vogelparasitischen Nematoden Mitteleuropas. II. Die Gattung Contracaecum Railliet & Henry,1912(Ascaridoidea). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 40: 15-53

Shamsi, S., Norman, R., Gasser, R. & Beveridge, I. 2009. Redescription and genetic characterization of selected Contracaecum spp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from various hosts in Australia. Parasitology Research 104: 1507–1525

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