Genus Nyctotherus Leidy, 1849

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• Nyctotherus Leidy, J. 1849. On the existence of Entophyta in healthy animals as a natural condition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 4: 233.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Unidentified species recorded from SE Australia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), 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) ; NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Symbiotic (host(s): Limnodynastes dorsalis (Gray, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Western Banjo Frog, Pobblebonk (gut); Litoria dorsalis Macleay, 1877 [HYLIDAE] Dwarf Rocket Frog (intestines); Periplaneta australasiae Fabricius, 1775 [BLATTIDAE] House Cockroach; Limnodynastes peronii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Striped Marsh Frog (gut); Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Günther, 1858 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Spotted Grass Frog (intestines); Litoria aurea (Lesson, 1829) [HYLIDAE] Green and Golden Bell Frog (syn. Hyla aurea; intestines); Litoria caerulea (White, 1790) [HYLIDAE] Green Tree Frog (syn. Hyla caerulea; colon); Litoria peronii (Tschudi, 1838) [HYLIDAE] Peron’s Tree Frog (syn. Hyla peronii; intestines); Litoria rubella (J.E. Gray, 1842) [HYLIDAE] Little Red Tree Frog (faeces)).

Extra Ecological Information

Unidentified species of Nyctotherus are recorded from the symbiotic hosts listed.

 

General References

Cleland, J.B. & Johnston, T.H. 1910. The haematozoa of Australian batrachians. No. 1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 44: 252-261

Cleland, J.B. & Johnston, T.H. 1912. Species of haemoprotozoa met with during 1910 and 1911. Report of the Government Bureau of Microbiology 1912: 74-83

Horning, E.S. 1927. On the relation of the mitochondria to the nucleus. Australian Journal for Experimental Biology and Medical Science 4: 75-78

Johnston, T.H. 1916. A census of the endoparasites recorded as occurring in Queensland, arranged under their hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 28: 31-79

O'Donoghue, P.J. 1997. Protozoan parasites of wildlife in south-east Queensland. pp. 119-136 in Tribe, A. (ed.). Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biologists. Brisbane : Australian Veterinary Association.

O'Donoghue, P.J. & Vanderduys, E. 1998. Survey for protozoan parasites in native animals from Musselbrook Reserve, Lawn Hill National Park. In, Musselbrook Reserve Scientific Study Report. Royal Geographic Society of Queensland Inc., Geography Monograph Series. pp. 191-199

Raff, J.W. 1912. Protozoa parasitic in the large intestine of Australian frogs. Part II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 24: 343-352

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Aug-2014	POSTCILIODESMATOPHORA Gerassimova & Seravin, 1976	10-Apr-2024	MODIFIED
26-Aug-2014		18-Mar-2014	MOVED
26-Jul-2012		26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
22-Aug-2011		22-Aug-2011	MOVED
22-Aug-2011		22-Aug-2011	MOVED
26-Jul-2012		10-Feb-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Sep-2010	MODIFIED