Species Skrjabinodon piankai Bursey & Goldberg, 1999
- Skrjabinodon piankai Bursey, C.R. & Goldberg, S.R. 1999. Skrjabinodon piankai sp. n. (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae) and other helminths of geckos (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Nephurus spp.) from Australia. Journal of the Helminthological Society, Washington 66(2): 175-179.
Type data:
Holotype USNPC 88186 (Holotype = Male; Allotype = Female, USNPC 88187, from type locality), 34 km west of Lorna Glen homestead, Western Australia [26°14'S, 121°13'E].
Paratype(s) USNPC 88188 (9 males, 9 females), same data as Holotype.Type host:
Nephurus laevissimus Mertens, 1958 [CARPHODACTYLIDAE] Pale knob-tailed gecko
Introduction
Localities from Goldberg & Bursey (2020) are difficult to interpret. Localities where infected host specimens were collected are not mentioned explicitly - only a single location for each host species is provided (via database search in the Harold Manter Parastiology Laboratory where S. piankai specimens are stored), but it is possible that S. piankai also occurs at some of the other listed localities.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
ACT: Canberra (35°16'51''S, 149°07'48''E)
Queensland: Cooyar (26°59'37'S, 151°47'19''E); Wallaman Falls (08°35'32'S, 145°48'05''E)
New South Wales: Ebor (30°24'05'S, 152°21'04''E); 0.5 km E of Point Lookout tumoff on Grafton-Armidale Road (30°27'60'S, 152°16'60''E)
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, WA: Murchison (MUR), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tanami (TAN)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: endoparasitic (host(s): Nephurus vertebralis Storr, 1963 [CARPHODACTYLIDAE] Midline knob-tailed gecko; Nephurus levis De Vis, 1886 [CARPHODACTYLIDAE] Smooth knob-tailed gecko; Ctenotus robustus Storr, 1970 [SCINCIDAE] Robust ctenotus; Ctenotus taeniolatus (White, 1790) [SCINCIDAE] Copper-tailed skink).
General References
Goldberg, S.R. & Bursey, C.R. 2020. New helminth records for the Robust Ctenotus, Ctenotus robustus, and the Copper-tailed skink, Ctenotus taeniolatus (Squamata: Scincidae), from Australia. Comparative Parasitology 87(1): 93–94
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPIRURIDA | 17-Apr-2023 | ADDED |