Species Maxvachonia flindersi (Johnston & Mawson, 1941)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aplectana flindersi Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1941. Some nematodes from Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7: 145-148 [148].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC41408 Vial ♂, Flinders Chase, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

  Type host:

   Litoria ewingii (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) [HYLIDAE] (Originally described as Hyla jervisiensis)

Generic Combinations

• Maxvachonia flindersi (Johnston & Mawson, 1941). —
  Mawson, P.M. 1972. The nematode genus Maxvachonia (Oxyurata: Cosmocercidae) in Australian reptiles and frogs. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 96: 101-108 [104]
• Austracerca flindersi (Johnston & Mawson, 1941). —
  Inglis, W.G. 1968. Nematodes parasitic in Western Australian frogs. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 16: 161-183 [165]

Distribution

States

South Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [BUFONIDAE] Cane Toad; Heleioporus australiacus (Shaw & Nodder, 1795) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Giant Burrowing Frog; Litoria caerulea (J. White, 1790) [HYLIDAE] Green Tree Frog; Heleioporus barycragus Lee, 1967 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Hooting Frog; Heleioporus inornatus (Lee & Main, 1954) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Plains Frog; Litoria adelaidensis (J.E. Gray, 1841) [HYLIDAE] Slender Tree Frog; Limnodynastes dorsalis (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Western Banjo Frog; Litoria moorei (Copland, 1957) [HYLIDAE] Western Green and Golden Bell Frog; Hyla jervisiensis [HYLIDAE]; Heleioporus psammophilis [MYOBATRACHIDAE]; Hyla cyclorhyncha [HYLIDAE]).

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