Nematodes from Australian waders

• Published in: Parasitology
• Main Author: Mawson, Patricia M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1968
• Subjects: Calidris canutus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003118200006933x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003118200006933X

Records are given of helminth infection found by the dissection of 122 waders belonging to 19 species, some migratory and some resident in Australia. In the examination of the nematodes from these, and some other hosts, the following species were identified and described: Capillaria triloba (Linst.) ( Lobibyx novae-hollandiae, Himantopus leucocephalus, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae); Capillaria recurvirostrae sp.nov. ( R. novaehollandiae ); Amidostomum chevreuxi Seurat ( H. leucocephalus ); Porrocaecum lobibycis ( L. novaehollandiae ); Contracaecum spiculigerum (Rud.) ( H. leucocephalus ); Schistorophus longicornis (Hemp. & Ehr.), and Sciadiocara umbellifera (Molin) ( Calidris canutus ); Schistorophus limosae sp.nov. and Viktorocara limosae sp.nov. ( Limosa lapponica ); Viktorocara sp. ( Calidris canutus ); Echinuria heterobrachiata Wehr ( Cladorhynchus leucocephalus, Charadrius alexandrinus, Erolia ruficollis ); Chevreuxia australis Johnston & Mawson ( Charadrius melanops ); Skrjabinoclava horrida (Rud.) ( Charadrius rubricollis, C. alexandrinus ); Streptocara crassicauda (Creplin) ( Ch. alexandrinus ); Stello-caronema charadrii sp.nov. ( Ch. cucullata ); S. glareolae sp.nov. ( Glareola isabella ); Tetrameres nouveli (Seurat) ( Him. leucocephalus, Ch. alexandrinus, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae ); T. cladorhynchi sp.nov. ( C. leucocephalus ); T. calidris sp.nov. ( C. canutus ); T. lobibycis sp.nov. ( L. novaehollandiae ); T. scolopacidis sp.nov. ( Erolia acuminata, E. ruficollis, Tringa glareola ); Pseudaproctella sp. ( Lobibyx miles ). I am particularly indebted to the Director, Dr Peter Crowcroft, and the staff of the South Australian Museum; without their help it would have been impossible to obtain many of the parasites. Some birds were presented by Mrs Joan Paton and some by Mr Max Waterman. Specimens from Limosa lapponica were lent by the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in Sydney, from Lobibyx novaehollandiae (from Queensland) by Dr John Pearson of the Department of Parasitology of ...