Tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) of Australian reptiles: hidden diversity of strictly host-specific parasites Chambrier, Alain De Beveridge, Ian Scholz, Tomáš Zootaxa 2018 2018-08-23 4461 4 477 498 Chambrier & Beveridge & Scholz, 2018 Chambrier & Beveridge & Scholz 2018 [151,384,439,465] Cestoda Proteocephalidae Australophiotaenia GBIF Animalia Proteocephalidea 17 478 Platyhelminthes genus gen. nov.   Host.Common death adder,  Acanthophis antarticus(Shaw, 1805)( Ophidia: Elapidae).   Distribution. Australia(  Western Australia).    Material studied.Two whole mounts with four pregravid proglottids ( WAM 11-97) from Blanchins,  WesternAustralia,  6.6.1996.   Remarks.Only four pregravid, partly decomposed and deformed proglottids are available. It is characterised by possessing 56-63 testes (n = 3), 12–15 uterine diverticula on each side, the width of the ovary represents 46– 51% (n = 3) of the proglottid width; However, they possess a submedian genital pore, which is unique among all proteocephalid tapeworms (see Freze, 1965; Rego, 1994; de Chambrier et al., 2017). 1919493486 1996-06-06 WAM Blanchins 17 494 WAM 11-97 1 Western Australia