Species Dessetostrongylus moorhousei Humphery-Smith, 1980

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• Dessetostrongylus moorhousei Humphery-Smith, I. 1980. Beveridgiella n. gen., Dessetostrongylus n. gen. (Nematoda, Trichostrongyloidea) parasites de marsupiaux australiens. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2: 999-1012 [1007].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 90 HD, Nadgee, NSW.
  Paratype(s) MNHP 90 HD (as allotype); MNHP 90 HD; SAMA AHC42702-AHC42709 Vial 3♂5♀, Nadgee, New South Wales.

  Type host:

   Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) [DASYURIDAE] (Parasite from intestine)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Antechinus agilis Dickman, Parnaby, Crowther & King, 1998 [DASYURIDAE] Agile Antechinus; Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841 [DASYURIDAE] Brown Antechinus; Antechinus leo Van Dyck, 1980 [DASYURIDAE] Cinnamon Antechinus; Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) [DASYURIDAE] Dusky Antechinus; Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852) [MURIDAE] Fawn-footed Melomys; Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray, 1842) [DASYURIDAE] White-footed Dunnart; Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838) [DASYURIDAE] Yellow-footed Antechinus).

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestine.

General References

Dickman, C.R., Parnaby, H.A., Crowther, M.S. & King, D.H. 1998. Antechinus agilis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), a new species from the A. stuartii complex in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 1-26 (correction of host nomenclature)

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