Species Spirotrichonymphella pudibunda Grassi, 1917

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• Spirotrichonymphella pudibunda Grassi, B. 1917. Flagellati viventi nei termiti. Memorie dell'Accademia Pontificia dei Nuovi Lincei 5 12: 331-394 (+10 plates).

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Symbiotic (host(s): Porotermes adamsoni (Froggatt, 1897) [TERMOPSIDAE] Termite (syn. P. grandis Holmgren; gut)).

Associated Fauna References

Brugerolle, G. 2001. Morphological characters of spirotrichonymphids: Microjoenia, Spirotrichonymphella and Spirotrichonympha symbionts of the Australian termite Porotermes grandis. European Journal of Protistology 37: 103-117 (Porotermes adamsoni)

Cleveland, L.R. 1923. Correlation between the food and morphology of termites and the presence of intestinal protozoa. American Journal of Hygiene 3: 444-461 (Porotermes adamsoni)

Grassi, B. 1917. Flagellati viventi nei termiti. Memorie dell'Accademia Pontificia dei Nuovi Lincei 5 12: 331-394 (+10 plates) (Porotermes adamsoni)

Keeling, P.J., Poulsen, N. & McFadden, G.I. 1998. Phylogenetic diversity of parabasalian symbionts from termites, including the phylogenetic position of Pseudotrypanosoma and Trichonympha. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 45: 643-650 (Porotermes adamsoni)

Kirby, H. 1931. Trichomonad flagellates from termites. II. Eutrichomastix, and the subfamily Trichomonadinae. University of California Publications in Zoology 36: 171-262 (Porotermes adamsoni)

Sutherland, J.L. 1933. Protozoa from Australian termites. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 76: 145-173 (Porotermes adamsoni)

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