Progamotaenia capricorniensis sp. nov. (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from wallabies (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) from Queensland, Australia.
Progamotaenia capricorniensis sp. nov. (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) is described from the wallabies Macropus dorsalis (Gray, 1837) and Petrogale assimilis Ramsay, 1877 from Queensland, Australia. The new species is characterised by a fimbriated velum composed of 26-32 digitiform to triangular projections on each side of the proglottis, paired uteri and 140-190 testes distributed in a single band across the medulla. Minor variation occurs in the distribution of the testes. The above characters distinguish the new species from its most closely related congeners P. lagorchestis (Lewis, 1914), P. proterogyna (Fuhrmann, 1932), P. spearei Beveridge, 1980 and P. villosa (Lewis, 1914). P. capricorniensis appears to exhibit a highly disjunct distribution within its usual host, M. dorsalis.
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Department of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Veterinary Clinical Centre, Werribee, Victoria, 3030, Australia. i.beveridge@vet.unimelb.edu.au
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D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007614:Macropodidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D011793:Queensland; D013737:Testis / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014599:Uterus / Q000033:anatomy & histology