Comparative Parasitology 67(1) 2000 - Peru State College
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garoo from Kangaroo Island (Smales and Mawson,<br />
1978; Beveridge, 1986) and Petrogale lateralis<br />
Gould, 1842, the black-footed wallaby<br />
from Pearson Island (Johnston and Mawson,<br />
1940; Mawson, 1971; Beveridge, 1986), both<br />
southern localities offshore from South Australia.<br />
Popovastrongylus irma is found only in the<br />
western brush wallaby in southwestern Australia<br />
(Mawson, 1977), but in contrast to P. pearsoni<br />
it has not been reported from sympatric hosts in<br />
the region.<br />
In general, species of Popovastrongylus infect<br />
mainly pademelons and the small wallabies, M.<br />
irma, M. eugenii, and M. rufogriseus. The genus<br />
is not common in the larger kangaroos from<br />
northern Queensland, with only 1 or 2 nematodes<br />
present in each individual host (Beveridge,<br />
1986) and does not normally occur in kangaroos<br />
in the southern states (Beveridge and Arundel,<br />
1979; Arundel et al., 1979, 1990). Neither is the<br />
genus found in Wallabia bicolor, the swamp<br />
wallaby (Beveridge et al., 1985), nor the macropodid<br />
genera Hypsiprymnodon, Aepyprymnus,<br />
Onychogalea, Lagorchestes, or Dendrolagus<br />
(Beveridge et al., 1992).<br />
Acknowledgments<br />
My thanks go to Ms. J. Forrest from the South<br />
Australian Museum for making material available<br />
and to Dr. I. Beveridge for his unfailing<br />
help and generosity.<br />
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