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Breinlia Yorke & Maplestone 1926

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Description

Breinlia (Breinlia) sp.

Three single females have been encountered during this study and cannot be determined to species but are here noted to alert future workers.

N507, unfertilised, from peritoneal cavity Dendrolagus lumholtzi Herberton, QLD.

N4278, fertilised, from peritoneal cavity Isoodon obesulus (Shaw), Bakers Junction, Albany WA.

N5483, fertilised, from subcutaneous connective tissue of knee region Macropus rufus co-parasitic with Pelecitus ? roemeri, 21 km N Roebourne, WA.

These are in addition to B. (B.) sp. nov. 1 from Potorous tridactylus and B. (B.) sp. nov. 3 from Macropus rufogriseus banksianus noted by Spratt and Varughese (1975).

Notes

Published as part of Spratt, David M., 2011, New records of filarioid nematodes (Nematoda: Filarioidea) parasitic in Australasian monotremes, marsupials and murids, with descriptions of nine new species 2860, pp. 1-61 in Zootaxa 2860 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2860.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5286509

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Yorke & Maplestone
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Nematoda
Order
Spirurida
Family
Onchocercidae
Genus
Breinlia
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Breinlia Yorke, 1926 sec. Spratt, 2011

References

  • Spratt, D. M. & Varughese, G. (1975) A taxonomic revision of filarioid nematodes from Australian marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series No. 35, 1 - 99.