Species Pirhemocyton tarentolae Chatton & Blanc, 1914

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• Pirhemocyton tarentolae Chatton, E. & Blanc, G. 1914. Sur un hematozoaire noveau, Pirhemocyton tarentolae, du Gecko, Tarentola mauritanica, et sur les alterations globulaires qu'il determine. Comptes Rendus de la Société Biologie 77: 496-498.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

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), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Phyllurus platurus (White, 1790) [CARPHODACTYLIDAE] Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko (blood); Gehyra variegata (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) [GEKKONIDAE] Tree Dtella (blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Bearup, A.J. 1951. Notes and exhibits. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 76: 26 (Phyllurus platurus)

Mackerras, M.J. 1961. The haematozoa of Australian reptiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 61-122 (Gehyra variegata; Phyllurus platurus)

Stehbens, W.E. & Johnston, M.R.L. 1968. Cystic bodies and schizonts associated with a hamemogregarine (sporozoa) parasitic in Gehyra variegata (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Journal of Parasitology 54: 1151-1165 (Gehyra variegata)

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