Review of the Cloacininae Stossich (Nemata: Strongyloidea) from Australasian Marsupials (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea)

Authors

Ian Beveridge, University of MelbourneFollow
Lesley R. Smales, South Australian Museum, Adelaide

Date of this Version

7-14-2022

Document Type

Article

Citation

MANTER: Journal of Parasite Biodiversity (July 14, 2022) number 19

doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.manter19

Comments

Copyright © 2022, Beveridge and Smales

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Abstract

The nematode sub-family Cloacininae from Australasian macropodoid marsupials is reviewed. Keys are provided to all genera and species currently known. A revised definition of the sub-family and detailed generic diagnoses are provided. For each species, full synonymies and literature citations are included along with known hosts, geographical distributions and associated DNA sequence data. A brief morphological synopsis of each species is provided together with illustrations of the morphological features needed for identification using the keys. Due to uncertainties relating to the division of the sub-family into tribes, only the nominal allocation to tribe is provided. Two new genera are erected, Sacculostrongylus n. gen. for S. ochetocephalus (Beveridge, 1986) n. comb., formerly placed within Monilonema Beveridge & Johnson, 1981, and Thylicostrongylus n. gen., for several species formerly placed in Wallabinema Beveridge, 1983.