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
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Chambrier & Beveridge & Scholz, 2018
Chambrier & Beveridge & Scholz
2018
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Cestoda
Proteocephalidae
Australophiotaenia
GBIF
Animalia
Proteocephalidea
14
478
Platyhelminthes
genus
gen. nov.
Host.Eastern tiger snake, Notechis scutatus(Peters, 1861)( Ophidia: Elapidae).
Distribution. Australia( Victoria).
Material studied.Six incomplete specimens in numerous pieces (four whole mounts) from N. scutatus(host field No. AUS 122; paragenophore deposited as MHNG-PLAT-34205) in Victoria, Frankston (19°20'50''S 146°51'28''E); one specimen (three whole mounts) from N. scutatus(host field No. AUS 127, MHNG-PLAT- 34206) in the same locality. Two incomplete specimens in pieces (four whole mounts) from N. scutatusfrom Mulhins Swamp, near Penola, SA (SAM 16300).
Remarks.As with Australophiotaeniasp. 1, this is likely another new species, whose sequences of rrnL and cox1 ( KC786002and KC785989, respectively) were provided by Scholz et al.(2013). However, the poor quality of the material available, collected from a frozen host, impedes formal description of this new taxon. This cestode possesses 111–131 testes, a pre-equatorial genital pore (at 36–45% of the length of the proglottid) and 15–23 uterine branches on each side ( Table 2).