Species Waddycephalus porphyriacus Riley & Self, 1981
- Waddycephalus porphyriacus Riley, J. & Self, J.T. 1981. A redescription of Waddycephalus teretiusculus (Baird, 1862) Sambon, 1922 and a revision of the taxonomy of the genus Waddycephalus (Sambon, 1922), pentastomid parasites of Asian, Australian and Indonesian snakes, with descriptions of eight new species. Systematic Parasitology 3: 243-257 [248].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 190A female (host locality unknown), type locality unknown.
Paratype(s) AMNH 190A 8 females, 2 males, from same host.Type host:
Pseudechis porphyriacus (Shaw, 1794) [Elapidae]
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Probably also QLD, but see comment on hosts
Australian Endemic.
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Morelia spilota variegata J.E. Gray, 1842 [BOIDAE] Carpet Python (taken at Brisbane, QLD [according to AFD this subspecies occurs only in tropical NT and WA; other subspecies occur in SE QLD]); Pseudonaja textilis (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) [ELAPIDAE] Common Brown Snake (from Eyre Peninsula, SA); Pseudechis porphyriacus (Shaw, 1794) [ELAPIDAE] Red-bellied Black Snake).
History of changes
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| 21-Mar-2012 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Feb-2012 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 20-Oct-2011 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Apr-2011 | 12-Apr-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 31-Mar-2011 | ADDED |