title: Redescriptions of the species of Physaloptera Rudolphi, 1819 (Nematoda: Spirurida) parasitic in bandicoots (Marsupialia: Perameloidea) in Australia.
abstract: The species of Physaloptera Rudolphi, 1819 (Nematoda: Spirurida) occurring in bandicoots (families Peramelidae and Thalacomyidae) in Australia were re-examined and re-described. Physaloptera peramelis Johnston & Mawson, 1939 was found in Perameles nasuta Geoffroy and occasionally in Isoodon macrourus (Gould) in eastern Australia. Ph. peragale Johnson & Mawson, 1940 from Macrotis leucura (Thomas) from the Northern Territory is treated as a junior synonym of Ph. peramelis. Ph. thalacomys Johnston & Mawson, 1940, originally described from Macrotis leucura from the Northern Territory was also found to occur in Perameles gunnii Gray in Victoria. Specimens here identified simply as Physaloptera sp. were found in both Perameles nasuta and Isoodon macrourus from north-eastern New South Wales. They may be Ph. parvicollaris Johnston & Mawson, 1940 or Ph. sarcophili Johnston & Mawson, 1940, but current deficiencies in the descriptions of these two named species preclude an unequivocal identification of the specimens found in bandicoots.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Beveridge
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008394:Marsupialia / Q000469:parasitology*; D017174:Spirurida / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*