Species Nasistrongylus antechini (Beveridge & Barker, 1975)

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• Nicollina antechini Beveridge, I. & Barker, I.K. 1975. Nicollina antechini sp.n. (Nematoda: Amidostomatidae) from the nasal cavity of the dasyurid marsupial Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841, and associated pathology. Journal of Parasitology 61: 489-493 [489].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV G 2504, Powelltown, Vic.
  Paratype(s) NMV G2505 (as allotype); NMV G2506-7; SAMA AHC40053 Vial 2♂2♀, Powelltown, Victoria.

  Type host:

   Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841 [DASYURIDAE] (Parasite from nasal cavity)

Generic Combinations

• Nasistrongylus antechini (Beveridge & Barker, 1975). —
  Durette-Desset, M.-C. & Beveridge, I. 1982. Deux genres aberrants de nematodes trichostrongyloides parasites de marsupiaux australiens: Asymmetracantha Mawson, 1960, et Nasistrongylus n. gen. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 3(4): 1053-1059 [1056]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Antechinus agilis Dickman, Parnaby, Crowther & King, 1998 [DASYURIDAE] Agile Antechinus; Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841 [DASYURIDAE] Brown Antechinus; Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) [DASYURIDAE] Dusky Antechinus).

Extra Ecological Information

In nasal cavity

Associated Fauna References

Beveridge, I. 1978. Helminth parasites of Australian marsupials. "Australian Fauna - Part B." University of Sydney Postgraduate Committee on Veterinary Science. Proceedings No. 36. pp. 273-285 (Antechinus agilis)

Beveridge, I. & Barker, I.K. 1976. The parasites of Antechinus stuartii Macleay from Powelltown, Victoria, with observations on seasonal and sex-related variations in numbers of helminths. Australian Journal of Zoology 24: 265-272 (Antechinus agilis)

General References

Dickman, C.R., Parnaby, H.A., Crowther, M.S. & King, D.H. 1998. Antechinus agilis (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), a new species from the A. stuartii complex in south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 1-26 (correction of host nomenclature)

Spratt, D.M., Beveridge, I. & Walter, E.L. 1991. A catalogue of Australasian monotremes and marsupials and their recorded helminth parasites. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) Monograph Series 1: 1-105 (additional records)

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