Species Filarinema flagrifer Mönnig, 1929

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• Filarinema flagrifer Mönnig, H. O. 1929. Filarinema flagrifer n. gen., n. sp., a trichostrongyloid parasite of the kangaroo. Annual Report (Division of Vetinary Services, South Africa Union) 15th: 307-310 [308].

  Type data:

   Holotype OCSA OHC 2253, Zoological Gardens, Pretoria, South Africa (captive animal).

  Type host:

   Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) [Macropidae]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Macropus robustus Gould, 1841 [MACROPODIDAE] Common Wallaroo (captive record); Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] European Cattle; Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) [MACROPODIDAE] Red Kangaroo).

Extra Ecological Information

In pyloric antrum.

General References

Cassone, J. & Baccam, D. 1985. Le genre Filarinema Mönnig, 1929 (Nematoda, Trichostrongyloidea), parasite de marsupiaux australiens. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 7 2: 349-382 (redescription)

Mawson, P.M. 1964. Some Nematoda (Strongylina and Oxyurina) from kangaroos. (Macropus spp.) from eastern Australia. Parasitology 54: 237-262 (redescription)

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