Species Rugopharynx australis (Monnig, 1926)

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• Spirostrongylus australis Monnig, H.O. 1926. Three new helminths. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 13: 291-298 [291].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, SAMA T2017, South Africa (zoo animal).

  Type host:

   Osphranter rufus Desmarest

  Secondary source:

   Beveridge, I., Sukee, T. & Jabbar, A. 2021. Redescription of Rugopharynx australis (Monnig, 1926) and the description of R. moennigi n. sp. (Nematoda: Strongyloidea) from kangaroos (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in Australia. Systematic Parasitology 98: 679–695.
• Pharyngostrongylus brevis Canavan, W.P. 1931. Nematode parasites of vertebrates in the Philadelphia Zoological Garden and vicinity, 11. Parasitology 23: 196-228 [199].

Generic Combinations

• Pharyngostrongylus australis (Monnig, 1926). —
  Wood, W.A. 1929. A Note on Rugopharynx australis (Monnig, 1926). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10(4): 552-554 [554]
• Rugopharynx australis (Monnig, 1926). —
  Monnig, H.O. 1927. On a new physalopteran from an eagle and a trichostrongyle from the cane rat, with notes on Polydelphis quadricornis and the genus Spirostrongylus. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 14: 261-265 [265]
• Rugopharynx brevis (Canavan, 1931). —
  Wahid, S. 1964. A preliminary revision of the genus Pharyngostrongylus Yorke and Maplestone, 1926. Journal of Helminthology 38: 181-190 [186]

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Macropus agilis (Gould, 1842) [MACROPODIDAE] Agile Wallaby (zoo record only); Lagostrophus fasciatus (Péron & Lesueur, 1807) [MACROPODIDAE] Banded Hare-wallaby; Macropus robustus Gould, 1841 [MACROPODIDAE] Common Wallaroo; Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 [MACROPODIDAE] Eastern Grey Kangaroo; Macropus parma Waterhouse, 1845 [MACROPODIDAE] Parma Wallaby; Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) [MACROPODIDAE] Red Kangaroo; Thylogale thetis (Lesson, 1827) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Pademelon; Macropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Wallaby; Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby; Macropus eugenii (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Tammar Wallaby; Thylogale billardierii (Desmarest, 1822) [MACROPODIDAE] Tasmanian Pademelon; Macropus irma (Jourdan, 1837) [MACROPODIDAE] Western Brush Wallaby; Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Western Grey Kangaroo; Macropus parryi (Bennett, 1835) [MACROPODIDAE] Whiptail Wallaby; Petrogale penicillata lateralis [MACROPODIDAE]; Petrogale penicillata pearsoni [MACROPODIDAE]; Macropus bernardus [MACROPODIDAE] (zoo record only); Petrogale penicillata herberti [MACROPODIDAE]; Petrogale penicillata nov. 2 [MACROPODIDAE]; Petrogale xanthopus [MACROPODIDAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite from stomach.

General References

Beveridge, I., Sukee, T. & Jabbar, A. 2021. Redescription of Rugopharynx australis (Monnig, 1926) and the description of R. moennigi n. sp. (Nematoda: Strongyloidea) from kangaroos (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in Australia. Systematic Parasitology 98: 679–695

History of changes