Species Globocephaloides trifidospicularis Kung, 1948

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• Globocephaloides trifidospicularis Kung, C.C. 1948. (1948). Some new nematodes from the Australian wallaby (Macropus rufogrisea fruticus) with a note on the synonymy of the genera Zoniolaimus, Labiostrongylus and Buccostrongylus. Journal of Helminthology 22: 93-108 [94].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1949.12.23.1-25, London Zoological Gardens, UK.

  Type host:

   Macropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 [MACROPODIDAE] Eastern Grey Kangaroo; Macropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Wallaby; Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby; Macropus eugenii (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Tammar Wallaby; Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Western Grey Kangaroo; Macropus parryi (Bennett, 1835) [MACROPODIDAE] Whiptail Wallaby; Macropus rufogriseus fruticus [MACROPODIDAE]; Macropus rufogriseus banksianus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [MACROPODIDAE]; Macropus fuliginosus melanops Gould, 1842 [MACROPODIDAE]), parasitic.

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestine.

General References

Beveridge, I. 1979. A review of the Globocephaloidinae Inglis (Nematoda: Amidostomatidae) from macropodid marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 151-175

Fazenda, I.P, Beveridge, I., Chilton, N.B., Jex, A.R., Pangasa, A., Campbell, B.E., Huby-Chilton, F., Carvalho, L. & Gasser, R.B. 2009. Analysis of genetic variation in Globocephaloides populations from macropodid marsupials using a mutation scanning-based approach. Electrophoresis 30: 2758-2764 (molecular study defining species)

Inglis, W.G. 1968. The geographical and evolutionary relationships of Australian trichostrongyloid parasites and their hosts. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 47: 327-347 (redescription and Australian records)

Obendorf, D.L., Beveridge, I. & Andrews, R.H. 1991. Cryptic species in populations of Globocephaloides trifidospicularis Kung (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea), parasitic in macropodid marsupials. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 115: 213-216 (evidence for cryptic species)

Webley, L.S., Beveridge, I. & Coulson, G. 2004. Endoparasites of an insular subspecies of the western grey kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 623-634

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