Species Johnsprentia copemani Landau, Chavatte & Beveridge, 2012

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• Johnsprentia copemani Landau, I., Chavatte, J.-M. & Beveridge, I. 2012. Johnsprentia copemani gen. nov., sp. nov. (Haemoproteidae), a parasite of the flying-fox Pteropus alecto from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 56(1): 61-66 [62].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G465432 Histological section of schizont in lung of Pteropus alecto, Townsville, Qld.
  Paratype(s) QM G465433 1 microgametocyte marked on blood smear, data as for holotype; MNHP blood smear and histological sections of schizonts.

  Type host:

   Pteropus alecto Temmicnk, 1837 [PTEROPIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Pteropus alecto Temmicnk, 1837 [PTEROPIDAE] Black Flying-fox (blood, lungs)).

Extra Ecological Information

Blood parasite

Associated Fauna References

Landau, I., Chavatte, J.-M. & Beveridge, I. 2012. Johnsprentia copemani gen. nov., sp. nov. (Haemoproteidae), a parasite of the flying-fox Pteropus alecto from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 56(1): 61-66 (Pteropus alecto)

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