Journal article
Tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) of Australian reptiles: hidden diversity of strictly host-specific parasites
ADE Chambrier, I Beveridge, T Scholz
Zootaxa | MAGNOLIA PRESS | Published : 2018
Abstract
Reptilian fauna of Australia is extraordinarily rich and diverse, but very little is known about parasites of reptiles, including proteocephalid cestodes of the genus Ophiotaenia La Rue, 1911. In the present survey, data on these parasites are sum-marised for the first time based on detailed evaluation of all available type and voucher specimens. This survey includes five named species, with four species redescribed, namely O. amphiboluri (Nybelin, 1917), O. longmani Johnston, 1916, O. mjobergi (Nybelin, 1917), and O. striata (Johnston, 1914), and 9 putative new species which are not formally described because of their poor quality and scarce material. An identification key is given for the ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors are indebted to an anonymous reviewer for valuable comments, to Leslie Chisholm, the late Ian Whittington (Adelaide), Lester Cannon (Brisbane), David I. Gibson, Eileen Harris (London), David Spratt (Canberra), Sven Bostrom (Stockholm), Karin Sindemark (Goteborg), and Melissa Hewitt (Perth) for loan of comparative material; the late Susan Lim Lee-Hong (Kuala Lumpur), Matthew Bonnett (Adelaide), Ian Brant (Toowoomba), Peter Canty (Adelaide), Sophie de Chambrier (Geneva), Patrick J. Couper (Brisbane), Craig Eddie (Roma, Queensland), Russell Hobbs (Perth), and Andrew Kelly (Brisbane) for their contribution in providing samples, help or permits for this work. We are also grateful to Janik Pralong for technical help and Gilles Roth (both Geneva) for finalising the drawings. This project was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (PBI award Nos. 0818696 and 0818823) and the Institute of Parasitology, BC CAS, Ceske Budejovice (RVO: 60077344). The senior author is deeply indebted to the Donation Georges et Antoine Claraz for supporting this study. Stay of T. S. in Stockholm was supported by the project (SYNTHESYS Program of the EU). Australian Permits: Victoria permit No. 10002292, File No. FF380381; Queensland permit No. WWISP01411603; South Australia Adelaide, project 25/2003, permit No. M24506 2.