Species Nippostrongylus magnus (Mawson, 1961)
- Austroheligmonema magnum Mawson, P.M. 1961. Trichostrongyles from rodents in Queensland, with comments on the genus Longistriata (Nematoda: Heligmosomatidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 791-826 [816].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA AHC41330 Vial ♂ (Holotype & Allotype have same Reg. No. and are in same vial.), Innisfail, Queensland.
Paratype(s) SAMA AHC41330 (as Allotype) Vial ♀ (Holotype & Allotype have same Reg. No. and are in same vial.), Innisfail, Queensland; SAMA AHC3852 Vial, Innisfail, Queensland.Type host:
Rattus fuscipes assimilis (Gould, 1858) [MURIDAE] (Parasite from intestine)
Generic Combinations
- Nippostrongylus magnus (Mawson, 1961). —
Durette-Desset, M.-C. 1971. Essai de classification des Nématodes Héligmosomes. Corrélations avec la paléobigéographie des hôtes. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 64: 1-126
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
New GUinea.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat; Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Rattus sordidus (Gould, 1858) [MURIDAE] Canefield Rat (= R. conatus); Rattus leucopus (J.E. Gray, 1867) [MURIDAE] Cape York Rat; Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852) [MURIDAE] Fawn-footed Melomys; Uromys caudimaculatus (Krefft, 1867) [MURIDAE] Giant White-tailed Rat; Melomys burtoni (Ramsay, 1887) [MURIDAE] Grassland Melomys).
Extra Ecological Information
In small intestine.
General References
Beveridge, I. & Durette-Desset M.-C. 1992. The morphology of Nippostrongylus magnus, a parasite of native Australian rodents. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 116: 109-115 (redescription)
Durette-Desset, M.-C. 1971. Essai de classification des Nématodes Héligmosomes. Corrélations avec la paléobigéographie des hôtes. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 64: 1-126 (redescription)
Obendorf, D.L. 1979. The helminth parasites of Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse) from Victoria. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 867-879 (new records)
Smales, L.R. & Spratt, D.M. 2004. Helminth community structure in Rattus leucopus (Gray) (Muridae) from Australia, Papua New Guinea and Papua. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 283-291 (new records)
Smales, L.R. & Spratt, D.M. 2008. Helminth assemblages of Uromys spp. (Muridae: Hydromyinae) from Australia, Papua New Guinea and Papua Indonesia and comparison with assemblages in Melomys spp. Australian Journal of Zoology 56: 283-291 (new records)
Smales L.R. 2005. Helminth parasites of the grassland melomys (Muridae: Hydromyinae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 53: 369-374 (new records)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | RHABDITIDA Chitwood, 1933 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 22-Mar-2022 | CHROMADOREA Inglis, 1983 | 22-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
| 26-Nov-2015 | Heligmonellini (Skryabin & Schikhobalova, 1952) | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 24-Nov-2015 | 16-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 16-Dec-2011 | 16-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 26-Aug-2011 | 26-Aug-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Jun-2012 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 19-Aug-2010 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 19-Aug-2010 | 10-Aug-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED |