Genus Capillaria Zeder, 1800

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• Capillaria Zeder, J.G.H. 1800. Erster Nachtrag zur Naturgeschichte der Eigeweidewürmer mit Zufässen und Amerkungen herausgegeben. Leipzig 320 pp. [5].

  Type species:

   Trichocephalos anatis Schrank, 1790 (= Capillaria anatis (Schrank, 1790) Travossos, 1915) by original designation.
• Trichosoma Rudolphi, C.A. 1819. Synopsis entozoorum cui accedunt mantissa duplex et indices locupletissimi. Berolini : Augustus Rücker 811 pp. [13].
• Trichosomum Creplin, F.C.H. 1829. Novae observationes de Entozois. Berolini 134 pp. [1].
• Calodium Dujardin, F. 1845. Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. Paris : Libre Encycopedidique de Roret (Suites a Buffon) 654 pp. [25].
• Thominx Dujardin, F. 1845. Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. Paris : Libre Encycopedidique de Roret (Suites a Buffon) 654 pp. [22].
• Liniscus Dujardin, F. 1845. Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. Paris : Libre Encycopedidique de Roret (Suites a Buffon) 654 pp. [29].
• Hepaticola Hall, M.C. 1916. Nematode parasites of mammals of the orders Rodentia, Lagomorpha and Hyracoidea. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 50: 1-247 [30].
• Skrjabinocapillaria Skarbilovich, T.S. 1946. Helminth fauna of bats in Russia. Collected papers on Helminthology dedicated to K.I. Skryabin in his 40th year of scientific, educational and administrative achievement. 235-244 pp. [241].
• Ritaklossia Freitas, J.F.T. 1959. Esboco de novo arranjo sistematico para os Nematodeos Capilariineos (Trichuroidea). Atas da Sociedade de Biologia do Rio de Janeiro 3(5): 4-6 [6].
• Amphibiocapillaria Moravec, F. 1982. Proposal of a new systematic arrangement of nematodes of the family Capillariidae. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 29(2): 119-132 [121].
• Pseudocapillaroides Moravec, F. & Cosgrove, G.E. 1982. Pseudocapillaroides xenopi gen. et sp. nov. from the skin of the South African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis Daud. (Nematoda: Capillariidae). Revue de Zoologie Africaine 96(1): 129-137 [133].

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Trichostoma Westwood, 1851 [misspelling].
• Thrichosomum Gervais & Beneden, 1859 [misspelling].
• Callodium Jägerskiöld, 1909 [misspelling].
• Tricosoma Jasperi, 1913 [misspelling].

Introduction

A number of undescribed Capillaria species have been recorded from Australian birds (Johnston & Mawson, 1945, 1949; Munday & Green, 1972; Mawson et al., 1986), reptiles (Pichelin et al., 1999) and fishes (Beumer et al., 1983)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

General References

Beumer, J.P., Ashburner, L.D., Burbury, M.E., Jette, E. & Latham, D.J. 1983. A checklist of the Parasites of fishes from Australia and its adjacent Antarctic territories. Technical communication no 48 of the Commonwealth Institute of Parasitology. London : Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux 99 pp. [19]

Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1945. Some capillariid nematodes from South Australian fish and birds. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 69: 243-248

Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1949. Some nematodes from Australian hosts, together with a note on Rhabditis allgeni. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 73: 63-71 [64]

Mawson, P.M., Angel, L.M. & Edmonds, S.J. 1986. A checklist of helminths from Australian birds. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 19: 219-325 [295]

Munday, B.L. & Green, R.H. 1972. Parasites of Tasmanian native and feral fauna. Part 2. Helminthes. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 44: 1-15 [6]

Pichelin, S., Thomas, P.M. & Hutchinson, M.N. 1999. A checklist of helminth parasites of Australian reptiles. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) Monograph Series 5: 1-61 [3]

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