Genus Schellackia Reichenow, 1919

• Schellackia Reichenow, E. 1919. Der Entwickelungsgang der Hämococcidien Karyolysus und Schellackia nov. gen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 440-447 pl. vii.

  Type species:

   Schellackia bolivari Reichenow, 1919 by original designation.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Egernia stokesii (Gray, 1845) [SCINCIDAE] Gidgee Skink (blood); Bothrochilus olivaceus (Gray, 1842) [BOIDAE] Olive Python (blood); Trachydosaurus rugosus Gray, 1825 [SCINCIDAE] Shingleback Lizard, Stumpy-tailed Lizard, Sleepy Lizard (syn. Tiliqua rugosa; blood); Nephrurus wheeleri Loveridge, 1932 [GEKKONIDAE] Wheeler’s Knobtail Gecko (blood)).

Extra Ecological Information

Unidentified species of Schellackia have been found in the listed parasite hosts.

General References

Godfrey, S.S., Bull, C.M., Murray, K. & Gardner, M.G. 2006. Transmission mode and distribution of parasites among groups of the social lizard Egernia stokesii. Parasitology Research 99: 223-230

O'Donoghue, P.J. 1997. Protozoan parasites of wildlife in south-east Queensland. pp. 119-136 in Tribe, A. (ed.). Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biologists. Brisbane : Australian Veterinary Association.

O'Donoghue, P.J. & Vanderduys, E. 1998. Survey for protozoan parasites in native animals from Musselbrook Reserve, Lawn Hill National Park. In, Musselbrook Reserve Scientific Study Report. Royal Geographic Society of Queensland Inc., Geography Monograph Series. pp. 191-199

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