Species Polychromophilus murinus Dionisi, 1899

• Polychromophilus murinus Dionisi, A. 1899. La malaria di alcune specie di pipistrelli. Atti Della Societa Per Gli Studi Della Malaria 1: 133-173.

  Secondary source:

   Landau, I., Rosin, G., Miltgen, F., Hugot, J.P., Leger, N., Beveridge, I. & Baccam, D. 1980. Sur le genre Polychromophilus (Haemoproteidae, parasite de Microchiropteres). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 55: 13-32.

Distribution

IBRA

Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Miniopterus australis Tomes, 1858 [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Little Bent-wing Bat (blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Mackerras, M.J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. Part I. Monotremes and marsupials. Part II. Eutheria. Part III. Introduced herbivora and the domestic pig. Part IV. Man. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 101-160 (Miniopterus australis)

McGhee, R.B. 1949. The occurrence of bat malaria in the New Hebrides and Philippine Islands. Journal of Parasitology 35: 545 (Miniopterus australis)

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