Species Gongylonema bettongiae Spratt, 2023
- Gongylonema bettongiae Spratt, D.M. 2023. Redescription of species of Gongylonema Molin, 1857 (Nematoda: Spiruroidea: Gongylonematidae) parasitic in some Australian vertebrate hosts and descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 5239(2): 204–220.
Type data:
Holotype SAMA AHC49241 (Holotype = Male; Allotype = Female, AHC49242), Kempton, Tasmania.
Paratype(s) SAMA AHC49243, AHC49244, same data as Holotype; QM G240161, G240162, same data as Holotype; ANWC N1337, same data as Holotype.Type host:
Bettongia gaimardi (Desmarest, 1822) [POTOROIDAE] Eastern bettong
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Tasmania: Kempton; Bridgenorth; Margate; Icena; Mount Wellington
Victoria: Serendip Sanctuary
New South Wales: Taronga Zoo, Sydney; Buckenbowra State Forest, Quart Pot Road
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Tas, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) [PHALANGERIDAE] Common brushtail possum; Potorous tridactylus (Kerr, 1792) [POTOROIDAE] Long-nosed potoroo; Aepyprymus rufescens (Gray, 1837) [POTOROIDAE] Rufous bettong).
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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SPIRURIDA | 17-Apr-2023 | ADDED |