Species Pretestis australianus Angel & Manter, 1970
- Pretestis australianus Angel, L.M. & Manter, H.W. 1970. Pretestis australianus gen. et. sp. nov. (Digenea: Paramphistomatidae) from Australian fish, and a closely related cercaria, Cercaria acetabulapapillosa sp. nov., with notes on the life history. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Mexico Zoologia 41: 1-10.
Type data:
Holotype SAMA AHC41005 (E864) Slide, Macintyre River, Goondiwindi, Queensland.
Paratype(s) USNHC 71927, Macintyre River, Goondiwindi, Queensland.Type host:
Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) [TERAPONTIDAE] (Parasite from rectum)
Distribution
States
Queensland, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: parasitic (host(s): Acanthopagrus butcheri (Munro, 1949) [SPARIDAE] Black Bream; Macquaria colonorum (Günther, 1863) [PERCICHTHYIDAE] Estuary Perch; Scortum hillii (Castelnau, 1878) [TERAPONTIDAE] Leathery Grunter; Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878) [MELANOTAENIIDAE] Murray River Rainbowfish; Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) [TERAPONTIDAE] Silver Perch).
General References
Cribb, T.H. 1988. Two new digenetic trematodes from Australian freshwater fishes with notes on previously described species. Journal of Natural History 22: 27-43 (other Australian records)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | TREMATODA | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Sep-2023 | TREMATODA | 30-Nov-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | TREMATODA | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Feb-2022 | TREMATODA | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Feb-2022 | DIGENEA Carus, 1863 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong |
| 11-Feb-2022 | PARAMPHISTOMOIDEA Fischoeder, 1901 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Feb-2022 | PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb |
| 11-Feb-2022 | PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb (QM) |
| 11-Feb-2022 | PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb |
| 11-Feb-2022 | PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb (QM) |
| 29-Jul-2013 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 26-Feb-2010 | ADDED |