Genus Hepatocystis Levaditi & Schoen, 1932

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• Hepatocystis Levaditi, C. & Schoen, R. 1932. Sur un parasite sporule du singe. Comptes Rendus de la Société Biologie 109: 343-346 [emendation Garnham, 1951].

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from northern Queensland.

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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Dobsonia moluccense (Quoy & Gaimard, 1810) [PTEROPODIDAE] Bare-backed Fruit-bat (blood); Pteropus alecto Temminck, 1837 [PTEROPODIDAE] Black Flying-fox (blood)).

Extra Ecological Information

Unidentified species of Hepatocystis have been found in the listed parasite hosts.

General References

Ladds, P. 2009. Pathology of Australian Native Wildlife. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 640 pp.

Mackerras, M.J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. Part I. Monotremes and marsupials. Part II. Eutheria. Part III. Introduced herbivora and the domestic pig. Part IV. Man. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 101-160

Manwell, R.D. 1946. Bat malaria. American Journal of Hygiene 43: 1-12

O'Donoghue, P.J. 1997. Protozoan parasites of wildlife in south-east Queensland. pp. 119-136 in Tribe, A. (ed.). Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biologists. Brisbane : Australian Veterinary Association.

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