Species Dolichoperoides macalpini (Nicoll, 1914)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dolichopera macalpini Nicoll, W. 1914. The Trematode parasites of North Queensland. I. Parasitology 6: 330-350 [343].

  Type data:

   
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC40925 Slide (Cercaria), University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia;
  Status unknown, SAMA AHC40923, AHC40924, AHC40926, AHC40927, AHC42770 Slides (sporocysts, cercaria & metacercaria), University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Dolichoperoides macalpini (Nicoll, 1914). —
  Johnston, T.H. & Angel, L.M. 1940. The morphology and life history of the trematode Dolichopera macalpini Nicoll. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 64: 376-387 [385]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic, WA: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Notechis scuatatus (Peters, 1861) [ELAPIDAE] Eastern tiger snake; Glyptophysa gibossa (Gould, 1846) [PLANORBIDAE] Freshwater snail; Austrelaps superbus (Günther, 1858) [ELAPIDAE] Lowland copperhead; Notechis scutatus occidentalis Glauert, 1948 [ELAPIDAE] Western tiger snake).

General References

Barton, D.P., Lettoof, D.C., Fearn, S., Zhu, X., Francis, N. & Shamsi, S. 2022. Dolichoperoides macalpini (Nicoll, 1914) (Digenea: Dolichoperoididae) infecting venomous snakes (Elapidae) across Australia: molecular characterisation and infection parameters. Parasitology Research 121: 1663–1670

Crowcroft, P. 1949. A revised description of Dolichopera macalpini Nicoll, 1914. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1949: 73–76

McAlpine, D. 1891. Remarks on a fluke parasitic in the copper-head snake. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 3: 40–43

Nicoll, W. 1918. Dolichopera macalpini n. sp., a trematode parasite of Australian poisonous snakes. Parasitology 10: 290–293

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