Species Austrostrongylus thylogale Johnston & Mawson, 1940

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• Austrostrongylus thylogale Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1940. Nematodes from South Australian marsupials. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 64: 95-100 [99].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC41373 Vial ♂ (Holotype & Allotype have same Reg. No. and are in same vial.), Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC41373 (as Allotype) Vial ♀ (Holotype & Allotype have same Reg. No. and are in same vial.), Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

  Type host:

   Macropus eugenii (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Setonix brachyurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) [MACROPODIDAE] Quokka; Macropus eugenii (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Tammar Wallaby).

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestine.

General References

Inglis, W.G. 1968. The geographical and evolutionary relationships of Australian trichostrongyloid parasites and their hosts. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 47: 327-347

Mawson, P.M. 1973. Amidostomatinae (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea) from Australian marsupials and monotremes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 97: 257-279

Thomas, P.M. 1959. Some nematode parasites from Australian hosts. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 82: 151-162 (additional morphological details, geographical and host records)

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