Genus Hamatospiculum Skryabin, 1916

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• Hamatospiculum Skryabin, K.I. 1916. Contributión a I'etude de la faune helminthologi que de Paraguay. Journal Russe d'Zoologie 1: 736-757 [751].

  Type species:

   Hamatospiculum insigne (Schneider, 1866) Skrjabin, 1916 by original designation.
• Parhamatospiculum Skryabin, K.I. & Petrow, A.M. 1928. The systematic position of Filaria nodulosum Rud. 1819 (Parhamatospiculum n. gen.). Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 22: 161-168 [161].
• Tytofilaria de Oliviera Rodrigues, H. & de Souza Franco, S.R.N. 1964. Sobre um novo genero da subfamilia Dicheilonematinae Wehr, 1935 (Nematoda, Filaroidea). Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 62(1): 77-80 [77].
• Oceanifilaria Schmidt, G.D. & Kuntz, R.E. 1970. Nematode parasites of Oceanica. 8. Filariids of birds, with a new genus and four new species. Parasitology 60: 313-326 [313].

Introduction

Additional undescribed Hamatospiculum species have been recorded from Australian birds by Johnston & Mawson (1941) and Mawson et al. (1986).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1941. Some nematodes from Australian birds of prey. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 65: 30-35

Mawson, P.M., Angel, L.M. & Edmonds, S.J. 1986. A checklist of helminths from Australian birds. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 19: 219-325

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