Species Sutarostrongylus petrogale (Beveridge & Durette-Desset, 1986)

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• Austrostrongylus petrogale Beveridge, I. & Durette-Desset, M.-C. 1986. New species of Austrostrongylus Chandler, 1924 (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea), from Australian marsupials, with a redescription of A. minutus Johnston & Mawson, 1938, and description of a new genus, Sutarostrongylus. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 8: 145-170 [152].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC43596 Vial ♂, Curraghmore Station via Mareeba, Queensland.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC43597 (as Allotype) Vial ♀ (as allotype), Curraghmore Station via Mareeba, Queensland; SAMA AHC13754, AHC43598-AHC43607 VIals 37♂75♀, Curraghmore Station via Mareeba, Queensland; MNHP 538 HD.

  Type host:

   Petrogale godmani Thomas, 1923 [MACROPODIDAE] (Parasite from small intestine)

Generic Combinations

• Sutarostrongylus petrogale (Beveridge & Durette-Desset, 1986). —
  Durette-Desset, M.C. & Beveridge, I. 2012. Redescriptions and descriptions of new species of Austrostrongylus Chandler, 1924 (Nematoda: Trichostrongylina), from Australian marsupials with a comparative study of features of the synlophe. Zootaxa 3512: 1-41 [1]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Petrogale assimilis Ramsay, 1877 [MACROPODIDAE] Allied Rock-wallaby; Petrogale godmani Thomas, 1923 [MACROPODIDAE] Godman’s Rock-wallaby; Petrogale herberti Thomas, 1926 [MACROPODIDAE] Herbert’s Rock-wallaby).

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestine.

General References

Beveridge, I., Spratt, D.M., Close, R.L., Barker, S.C. & Sharman, G.B. 1989. Helminth parasites of rock-wallabies, Petrogale spp. (Marsupialia), from Queensland. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 273-287 (additional records)

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