Genus Synhimantus Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912

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• Synhimantus Railliet, A., Henry, A. & Sisoff, P. 1912. The affinity of Dispharagae (Acuaria Bremser), parasitical nematodes of birds. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Societe de Biologie et de Ses Filiales 73: 622-624 [624].

  Type species:

   Spiroptera laticeps Rudolphi, 1819 by original designation.
• Aliella Ali, S.M. 1968. Studies on spiruroid parasites of Indian birds. Part II. A new genus and five new species of Acuaxiidae, together with a key to the genus Echinuria. Journal of Helminthology 42(3-4): 221-242 [240].

Introduction

Several authors have recorded unidentified Synhimantus from Australian birds e.g., Johnston & Mawson (1942), Mawson et al. (1986).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

General References

Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1942. Some avian nematodes from Tailem Bend, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 66: 71-73 [71]

Mawson, P.M., Angel, L.M. & Edmonds, S.J. 1986. A checklist of helminths from Australian birds. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 19: 219-325

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