Breinlia (Breinlia) dendrolagi ( Solomon, 1933 ) Chabaud & Bain, 1976

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, Zootaxa 2860 (1), pp. 1-61 : 13

Breinlia (Breinlia) dendrolagi ( Solomon, 1933) Chabaud & Bain, 1976

Breinlia dendrolagi Solomon, 1933, pp. 101–104 , figs. 1–55, ( Dendrolagus inustus Müller ) New Guinea; Mackerras 1962, pp. 413–414.

Dipetalonema dendrolagi (Solomon) Baylis, 1934, p.554 ; Spratt & Varughese 1975, pp. 58–60, figs. 110–121 ( Dendrolagus sp. ).

Breinlia (Breinlia) dendrolagi (Solomon) Chabaud & Bain, 1976, p. 377 ; Spratt et al. 1991, pp. 62, 63, 68.

Type host. Dendrolagus inustus Müller (Marsupialia: Macropodidae ).

Other hosts. Dendrolagus dorianus Ramsay , Dendrolagus lumholtzi Collett.

Site in host. Peritoneal cavity.

Other material examined. From Dendrolagus lumholtzi QLD : 1♀ ( N833 ) Herberton .

From Dendrolagus dorianus : PNG: 1♀, ( N3010 ) Port Moresby National Museum .

Distribution and hosts. Breinlia (B.) dendrolagi appears to be a filarioid species of tree kangaroos belonging to the genus Dendrolagus in both Papua New Guinea and Australia.

Remarks. Breinlia (B.) dendrolagi is distinguished from B. (B.) dorcopsis sp. nov. which occurs in the peritoneal cavity of scrub wallabies belonging to the genus Dorcopsis in Papua New Guinea by the much shorter spicules, especially the left spicule, refractile cuticular bosses in males arranged in transverse bands and the more posterior position of the vulva in females.