Species Hepatojarakus pycnofasciatus Mawson, 1961

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• Hepatojarakus pycnofasciatus Mawson, P.M. 1961. Trichostrongyles from rodents in Queensland, with comments on the genus Longistriata (Nematoda: Heligmosomatidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 791-826 [821].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC41336 Vial ♂ (Holotype & Allotype have same Reg. No. and in same vial.), Innisfail, Queensland.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC41336 (as Allotype) Vial ♀ (Holotype & Allotype have same Reg. No. and in same vial.), Innisfail, Queensland; SAMA AHC3853 Vial, Innisfail, Queensland.

  Type host:

   Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] (Parasite from bile duct.)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat (= R. assimilis); Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852) [MURIDAE] Fawn-footed Melomys; Melomys burtoni (Ramsay, 1887) [MURIDAE] Grassland Melomys (= M. lutillus)).

Extra Ecological Information

In liver

General References

Smales, L.R., Heinrich, B. & McKillup, S.C. 2004. The helminth parasites of Melomys cervinipes (Rodentia: Muridae: Hydromyinae). Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 65-80 (additional host and geographic data)

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