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Species Hymenolepis diminuta (Rudolphi, 1819)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution: cosmopolitan.

Introduced from Europe.


Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat (definitive); Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat (definitive); Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat (definitive); Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 [MURIDAE] House Mouse (definitive); Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human (definitive); Hydromys chrysogaster Geoffroy, 1804 [MURIDAE] Water-rat (definitive)).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
20-May-2023 CESTODA 20-May-2023 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 CESTODA 19-Apr-2023 MODIFIED
25-Jan-2022 CESTODA 20-May-2023 MODIFIED
25-Jan-2022 CYCLOPHYLLIDEA van Beneden in Braun, 1900 20-May-2023 MODIFIED Ms Jo Wood
25-Jan-2022 CYCLOPHYLLIDEA van Beneden in Braun, 1900 20-May-2023 MODIFIED Ms Jo Wood
25-Jan-2022 CYCLOPHYLLIDEA van Beneden in Braun, 1900 20-May-2023 MODIFIED Ms Jo Wood
26-Nov-2015 CESTODA 20-May-2023 MODIFIED
26-Nov-2015 CYCLOPHYLLIDEA van Beneden in Braun, 1900 20-May-2023 MODIFIED
06-Feb-2014 CESTODA 20-May-2023 MODIFIED
06-Feb-2014 20-May-2023 MODIFIED
20-May-2023 MODIFIED