Species Hepatocystis pteropi (Breinl, 1913)

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• Plasmodium pteropi Breinl, A. 1913. Parasitic protozoa encountered in the blood of Australian native animals. Report of the Australian Instute of Tropical Medicine 1911(April, 1913): 30-38.

  Secondary source:

   Mackie, F.P. 1914. Note on the parasite of bat malaria. Indian Journal of Medical Research 375-377.

Generic Combinations

• Hepatocystis pteropi (Breinl, 1913). —
  Lawrence, J.J. 1955. The asexual multiplication of the "malarial parasite" of Australian flying foxes. Australian Journal of Science 18: 61-62
  Garnham, P.C.C. 1966. Malaria Parasites and other Haemosporidia. Oxford : Blackwell Scientific Publishers 1114 pp.

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): Pteropus gouldii Peters, 1867 [PTEROPODIDAE] Black Flying-fox (blood); Pteropus geddiei MacGillivray, 1860 [PTEROPODIDAE] Fruit Bat (blood); Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck, 1825 [PTEROPODIDAE] Grey-headed Flying-fox (blood); Pteropus sacpulatus Peters, 1862 [PTEROPODIDAE] Little Red Flying-fox (blood); Pteropus conspicillatus Gould, 1850 [PTEROPODIDAE] Spectacled Flying-fox (blood); Pteropus sp. [PTEROPODIDAE]; Pteropus colinus Anderson, 1908 [PTEROPODIDAE]).

Associated Fauna References

Bearup, A.J. & Lawrence, J.J. 1947. A search for the vector of Plasmodium pteropi Breinl. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 71: 197-200 (Pteropus gouldii; Pteropus sacpulatus; Pteropus conspicillatus)

Breinl, A. 1913. Parasitic protozoa encountered in the blood of Australian native animals. Report of the Australian Instute of Tropical Medicine 1911(April, 1913): 30-38 (Pteropus gouldii)

Desser, S.S. & Bennett, G.F. 1993. The genera Leucocytozoon, Haemoproteus, and Hepatocystis. pp. 273-307 in Kreier, J.P. (ed.). Parasitic Protozoa. San Diego : Academic Press Vol. 4 2. (Pteropus sp.)

Fallis, A.M. & Desser, S.S. 1977. On species of Leucocytozoon, Haemoproteus, and Hepatocystis. pp. 239-266 in Kreier, J.P. (ed.). Parasitic Protozoa. New York : Academic Press. (Pteropus gouldii; Pteropus sacpulatus; Pteropus conspicillatus)

Garnham, P.C.C. 1966. Malaria Parasites and other Haemosporidia. Oxford : Blackwell Scientific Publishers 1114 pp. (Pteropus gouldii; Pteropus poliocephalus)

Johnston, T.H. 1916. A census of the endoparasites recorded as occurring in Queensland, arranged under their hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 28: 31-79 (Pteropus gouldii)

Lawrence, J.J. 1955. The asexual multiplication of the "malarial parasite" of Australian flying foxes. Australian Journal of Science 18: 61-62 (Pteropus gouldii; Pteropus sacpulatus)

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 (Pteropus colinus; Pteropus gouldii; Pteropus sacpulatus; Pteropus geddiei; Pteropus conspicillatus; Pteropus poliocephalus)

Mackerras, M.J. 1959. The haematozoa of Australian mammals. Australian Journal of Zoology 7: 105-135 (Pteropus gouldii; Pteropus sacpulatus; Pteropus conspicillatus; Pteropus poliocephalus)

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

McGhee, R.B. 1949. The occurrence of bat malaria in the New Hebrides and Philippine Islands. Journal of Parasitology 35: 545 (Pteropus colinus; Pteropus geddiei)

Prociv, P. 1987. Parasites of Australian flying-foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Australian Mammalogy 10: 107-110 (Pteropus sp.)

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