Three new species of syphacia (Syphacia) (Oxyurida: Oxyuridae) from Queensland, Australia, and a key to the species present in the Australian Bioregion

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-19

  Weaver, Haylee J ^a,b   Smales, Lesley R ^a,c  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biogeography; Muridae; Oxyuridae; Pseudomys; Syphacia; Taxonomy; Zyzomys

Indexed keywords

MURIDAE; OXYURIDA; OXYURIDAE; PSEUDOMYS; PSEUDOMYS DELICATULUS; PSEUDOMYS GRACILICAUDATUS; RODENTIA; SYPHACIA; ZYZOMYS; ZYZOMYS ARGURUS;

EID: 73949086419     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4405.1     Document Type: Article

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