Genus Klossiella Smith & Johnson, 1902

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• Klossiella Smith, T. & Johnson, H.P. 1902. On a coccidium (Klossiella muris, gen. et spec. nov.) parasitic in the renal epithelium of the mouse. Journal of Experimental Medicine, Baltimore vi: 1-21.

  Type species:

   Klossiella muris Smith & Johnson, 1902 by original designation.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Dasyuroides byrnei (Spencer, 1896) [DASYURIDAE] Kowari (as Dasycercus byrnei (Spencer, 1896); kidney); Hemibelideus lemuroides (Collett, 1884) [PETAURIDAE] Lemuroid Ringtail Possum (kidney); Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot (syn. Thylacis obesulus; kidney); Macropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Wallaby (syn. M. bennetti; kidney); Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) [MACROPODIDAE] Red Kangaroo (syn. Megalia rufus; kidney); Perameles nasuta Geoffroy, 1804 [PERAMELIDAE] Long-nosed Bandicoot (kidney); Potorous tridactylus (Kerr, 1792) [POTOROIDAE] Long-nosed Potoroo (= P. gilberti; kidney); Pseudocheirus archeri (Collett, 1884) [PETAURIDAE] Green Ringtail Possum (kidneys); Pseudocheirus herbertensis (Collett, 1884) [PETAURIDAE] Herbert River Ringtail Possum (kidney); Rattus sp. [MURIDAE] (kidney); Thylogale billardierii (Desmarest, 1822) [MACROPODIDAE] Tasmanian Pademelon (kidney)).

Extra Ecological Information

Unidentified species of Klossiella have been found in the listed parasite hosts.

General References

Arundel J.H., Beveridge I. & Presidente P.J. 1979. Parasites and pathological findings in enclosed and free-ranging populations of Macropus rufus (Demarest) (Marsupialia) at Menindee, New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 6: 361-379

Barker, I.K., Munday, B.L. & Harrigan, K.E. 1975. Klossiella spp. in the kidneys of peramelid, petaurid, and macropodid marsupials. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 46: 35-41

Glazebrook, J.S., Campbell, R.S.F. & Hutchinson, G.W. 1977. The pathology of feral rodents in north Queensland. II. Studies on zoonotic infections. Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie 28: 545-551

Ladds, P. 2009. Pathology of Australian Native Wildlife. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 640 pp.

Mackerras, I.M., Mackerras, M.J. & Sandars, D.F. 1953. Parasites of the bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 63: 61-63

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

Munday, B.L. 1978. Marsupial disease. in Fauna Part B. Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science: University of Sydney. pp. 335-385

Munday, B.L. 1988. Marsupial diseases. pp. 299-365 in Anon. (ed.). Australian Wildlife. The John Keep refresher course for veterinarians. Sydney : Postgraduate Committee in Veterinary Science. University of Sydney.

Speare, R., Haffenden, A.T., Daniels, P.W., Thomas, A.D. & Seawright, C.D. 1984. Diseases of the Herbert River ringtail, Pseudocheirus herbertensis, and other north Queensland rainforest possums. pp. 283-302 in Smith, A.P. & Hume, I.D. (eds). Possums and Ringtails. Sydney : Australian Mammal Society.

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