Species Herpetostrongylus varani Baylis, 1931

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• Herpetostrongylus varani Baylis, H.A. 1931. Two more new trichostrongylid nematodes from Queensland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7: 500-507 [504].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) QM 11137 (as 'co-type'), Townsville, Qld; BMNH 1938.7.25.37-44 (as 'co-type').

  Type host:

   Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838) [VARANIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Uromys caudimaculatus (Krefft, 1867) [MURIDAE] Giant White-tailed Rat; Varanus gouldii (J.E. Gray, 1838) [VARANIDAE] Gould's Goanna).

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestine.

General References

Humphery-Smith, I. 1981. Compléments morphologiques au genre Herpetostrongylus Baylis, 1931 (Nematoda, Trichostrongyloidea). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 3: 133-137 (redescription)

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