Species Waddycephalus scutata Riley & Self, 1981
- Waddycephalus scutata 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 410 female, St Francis Island, SA.
Paratype(s) AMNH 410 8 females, 4 males.Type host:
Notechis scutatus (Peters, 1861) [Elapidae]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842 [DASYURIDAE] Northern Quoll (in NT); Notechis scutatus (Peters, 1861) [ELAPIDAE] Tiger Snake; Demansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837) [ELAPIDAE] Yellow-faced Whip Snake (in NT)).
Associated Fauna References
Spratt, D.M. 2011. Unpublished list of pentastomes in Wildlife Parasitology & Pathology Collection in the Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Crace, Canberra. (Dasyurus hallucatus; Demansia psammophis)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 28-Feb-2012 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 20-Oct-2011 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Apr-2011 | 12-Apr-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 02-Apr-2011 | ADDED |