Species Linstowia echidnae (Thompson, 1893)
- Taenia echidnae Thompson, D'A.W. 1893. Note on a tapeworm from echidna (Taenia echidnae, n. sp.). Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, London 1893: 297 [297].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH 93.2.6.1, Sydney, NSW.Type host:
Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] - Linstowia tasmanica Spasskii, A.A 1951. [Essentials of Cestodology. Vol. I. Anoplocephalate tapeworms of wild and domestic animals]. In, Skryabin, K.I. (ed.). Essentials of Cestodology. Moskva : Akademia NAUK, SSR Vol. 1 730 pp. [492].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Beveridge, I. 1983. The genus Linstowia Zschokke, 1899 (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) in Australian mammals with the description of a new species, L. macrouri. Systematic Parasitology 5: 291-304 [293]
Generic Combinations
- Linstowia echidnae (Thompson, 1893). —
Zschokke, E. 1898. Die Cestoden der Marsupialia und Monotremata. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 358-380
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland
- Tasmania
- Victoria
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] Short-beaked Echidna (definitive host)).
Associated Fauna References
Baer, J.G. 1927. Monographie des cestodes de la famille des Anoplocephalidae. Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique, Supplement 10 (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Beveridge, I. 1983. The genus Linstowia Zschokke, 1899 (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) in Australian mammals with the description of a new species, L. macrouri. Systematic Parasitology 5: 291-304 (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
McOrist, S. & Smales, L. 1986. Morbidity and mortality of free-living and captive echidnas, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw), in Australia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 22: 375-380 (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Spasskii, A.A 1951. [Anoplocephalate tapeworms of domestic and wild animals]. Moskva : Akademia NAUK, SSR Vol. 1. (as Linstowia tasmanica) (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Thompson, D'A.W. 1893. Note on a tapeworm from echidna (Taenia echidnae, n. sp.). Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, London 1893: 297 (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Zschokke, E. 1898. Die Cestoden der Marsupialia und Monotremata. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 358-380 (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 20-May-2023 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | CYCLOPHYLLIDEA van Beneden in Braun, 1900 | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
| 25-Jan-2022 | CYCLOPHYLLIDEA van Beneden in Braun, 1900 | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
| 25-Jan-2022 | CYCLOPHYLLIDEA van Beneden in Braun, 1900 | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
| 26-Nov-2015 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 26-Nov-2015 | CYCLOPHYLLIDEA van Beneden in Braun, 1900 | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED |