Species Johnpearsonia egerniae (Johnston & Mawson, 1947)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amphibiophilus egerniae Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1947. Some nematodes from Australian lizards. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 71: 22-27 [23].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA AHC42901-AHC42902 Vials, 1♂ 1,F., Pukatja (previously Ernabella), Musgrave Ranges, South Australia.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA AHC4587 vial 1♀, Pukatja (previously Ernabella), Musgrave Ranges, South Australia.

  Type host:

   Liopholis kintorei (Stirling & Zietz, 1893) [SCINCIDAE] (Originally identified as Egernia dahlia)

Generic Combinations

• Johnpearsonia egerniae (Johnston & Mawson, 1947). —
  Durette-Desset, M.-C., Ben Slimane, B., Cassone, J., Barton, D. P. & Chabaud, A.G. 1994. Johnpearsonia gen. nov. and Johnpearsoniinae subf. nov. (Molineoidea, Nematoda) from Bufo marinus, with comments on the primitive trichostrongyle parasites of amphibians and reptiles. Parasite 1: 153-160 [156]

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Channel Country (CHC), Finke (FIN), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 [RALLIDAE] Eurasian Coot; Liopholis striata (Sternfeld, 1919) [SCINCIDAE] Night Skink).

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestine.

General References

Durette-Desset, M.-C., Ben Slimane, B., Cassone, J., Barton, D. P. & Chabaud, A.G. 1994. Johnpearsonia gen. nov. and Johnpearsoniinae subf. nov. (Molineoidea, Nematoda) from Bufo marinus, with comments on the primitive trichostrongyle parasites of amphibians and reptiles. Parasite 1: 153-160 (additional morphological data)

Pichelin, S., Thomas, P.M. & Hutchinson, M.N. 1999. A checklist of helminth parasites of Australian reptiles. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) Monograph Series 5: 1-61 (additional host records)

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