Species Eimeria petrogale Barker, O'Callaghan, Beveridge & Close, 1988

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• Eimeria petrogale Barker, I.K., O'Callaghan, M.G., Beveridge, I. & Close, R.L. 1988. Host-parasite associations of Eimeria spp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in rock wallabies, Petrogale spp. (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). International Journal for Parasitology 18: 353-363.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Petrogale assimilis Ramsey, 1877 [MACROPODIDAE] Allied Rock-wallaby; Petrogale lateralis Gould, 1842 [MACROPODIDAE] Black-footed Rock-wallaby (faeces); Petrogale penicillata (Gray, 1825) [MACROPODIDAE] Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby (faeces); Petrogale godmani Thomas, 1923 [MACROPODIDAE] Godman’s Rock-wallaby (faeces); Petrogale persephone Maynes, 1982 [MACROPODIDAE] Proserpine Rock-wallaby (faeces); Petrogale inornata Gould, 1842 [MACROPODIDAE] Unadorned Rock-wallaby (faeces)).

Associated Fauna References

Barker, I.K., O'Callaghan, M.G., Beveridge, I. & Close, R.L. 1988. Host-parasite associations of Eimeria spp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in rock wallabies, Petrogale spp. (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). International Journal for Parasitology 18: 353-363 (Petrogale persephone; Petrogale godmani; Petrogale assimilis; Petrogale inornata; Petrogale lateralis; Petrogale penicillata)

Barnes, T.S., Goldizen, A.W., Morton, J.M. & Coleman, G.T. 2010. Parasites of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46: 218-228 (Petrogale assimilis)

Begg, M., Beveridge, I., Chilton, N.B., Johnson, P.M. & O'Callaghan, M.G. 1995. Parasites of the Proserpine rock wallaby, Petrogale persephone (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Australian Mammalogy 18: 45-53 (Petrogale persephone)

O'Callaghan, M.G., Barker, I.K., Beveridge, I. & Hornsby, P. 1998. Eimeria species in the Pearson Island Rock Wallaby, Petrogale lateralis pearsoni. International Journal for Parasitology 28: 1889-1892 (Petrogale lateralis)

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