Species Leucocytozoon artamidis Peirce, Adlard & Lederer, 2005

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• Leucocytozoon artamidis Peirce, M.A., Adlard, R.D. & Lederer, R. 2005. A new species of Leucocytozoon Berestneff, 1904 (Apicomplexa: Leucocytozoidae) from the avian family Artamidae. Systematic Parasitology 60: 151-154.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1801) [CRACTICIDAE] Australian Magpie, Black-backed Magpie (blood, heart, kidney, spleen, lung); Cracticus torquatus (Latham, 1801) [ARTAMIDAE] Grey Butcherbird (blood, kidney, spleen, lung); Cracticus nigrogularis (Gould, 1837) [ARTAMIDAE] Pied Butcherbird (blood, kidney, spleen, lung); Strepera graculina (Shaw, 1790) [CRACTICIDAE] Pied Currawong (blood, heart, kidney, spleen, lung)).

Associated Fauna References

Peirce, M.A., Adlard, R.D. & Lederer, R. 2005. A new species of Leucocytozoon Berestneff, 1904 (Apicomplexa: Leucocytozoidae) from the avian family Artamidae. Systematic Parasitology 60: 151-154 (Cracticus nigrogularis; Cracticus torquatus; Gymnorhina tibicen; Strepera graculina)

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