Species Linguatula serrata Frölich, 1789
- Linguatula serrata von Frölich, J.A. 1789. Beschreibungen einiger neuen Eingeweidewürmer. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 24: 101-162 [148].
Type data:
Status unknown, probably Germany.Type host:
Lepus capensis Linnaeus, 1758 [Leporidae] - Linguatula dingophila Johnson, E.H. 1910. Note on a new Linguatula. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 34: 248-250 [248].
Type data:
Holotype female, not specified
Comment: fate of type not stated.Type host:
Canis lupus dingo F.A.A. Meyer, 1793 [Canidae]
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Riley, J., Spratt, D.M. & Presidente, P.J.A. 1985. Pentastomids (Arthropoda) parasitic in Australian reptiles and mammals. Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 39-53 [49] (stated that : "Number of annuli aside, there is nothing to distinguish L. dingophila from L. serrata; however, we believe that formal synonymy should await study of more specimens from dingoes and feral dogs, particularly hosts from those regions of Australia where hybridization between dingoes and domestic dogs is less likely to have occurred." They recorded both species from dingos)
- Poore, G.C.B. 2011. Taxonomic decision, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd (subjective synonymy of these two species concluded. The species has 11 other junior synonyms long out of use)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan outside Australia
Introduced from probably UK or Europe.
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Canis lupus dingo F.A.A. Meyer, 1793 [CANIDAE] Dingo (as L. serrata and L. dingoensis); Canis lupus familiaris Linaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Domestic Dog; Bos (Bos) taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] European Cattle; Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) [LEPORIDAE] Rabbit; Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Fox; Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792) [DASYURIDAE] Spotted-tailed Quoll).
Extra Ecological Information
Only Australian hosts are listed; other mammal hosts are known from outside Australia
Associated Fauna References
Spratt, D.M. 2011. Unpublished list of pentastomes in Wildlife Parasitology & Pathology Collection in the Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Crace, Canberra. (Dasyurus maculatus)
General References
Heymons, R. 1932. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pentastomiden Australiens und benachbarter Gebiete. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 4: 409-430 (redescription of L. dingoensis)
History of changes
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| 21-Mar-2012 | 11-Jan-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Feb-2012 | 11-Jan-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 20-Oct-2011 | 11-Jan-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Apr-2011 | 12-Apr-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 31-Mar-2011 | ADDED |