{"title":"A review of <i>Triplotaenia undosa</i> Beveridge, 1976 (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from macropodid marsupials, with the erection of <i>T. macropodis</i> sp. nov.","authors":"I Beveridge, C Gauci, A Jabbar","doi":"10.1017/S0022149X25100618","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Molecular evidence (28S DNA) has suggested that <i>Triplotaenia undosa</i> from macropodid marsupials is a species complex. Additional data (cox 1) presented in this study confirmed the hypothesis and a morphological examination of all available specimens identified a new species, <i>T. macropodis</i> sp. nov., in the grey kangaroos <i>Macropus fuliginosus</i> and <i>M. giganteus</i> as well as the tammar wallaby, <i>Notamacropus eugenii</i>, and the red kangaroo, <i>Osphranter rufus.</i> The new species differs in the ratio of the number of testes to the number of female genital complexes. Specimens of <i>T. undosa</i> from the swamp wallaby, <i>Wallabia bicolor</i>, the type host, and the common wallaroo, <i>Osphranter robustus</i>, are each genetically distinct, but the fixed material from <i>O. robustus</i> is too fragmentary to permit a detailed morphological description. An amended description and new illustrations of <i>T. undosa</i> from <i>W. bicolor</i> are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":15928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Helminthology","volume":"99 ","pages":"e96"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Helminthology","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X25100618","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PARASITOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Molecular evidence (28S DNA) has suggested that Triplotaenia undosa from macropodid marsupials is a species complex. Additional data (cox 1) presented in this study confirmed the hypothesis and a morphological examination of all available specimens identified a new species, T. macropodis sp. nov., in the grey kangaroos Macropus fuliginosus and M. giganteus as well as the tammar wallaby, Notamacropus eugenii, and the red kangaroo, Osphranter rufus. The new species differs in the ratio of the number of testes to the number of female genital complexes. Specimens of T. undosa from the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, the type host, and the common wallaroo, Osphranter robustus, are each genetically distinct, but the fixed material from O. robustus is too fragmentary to permit a detailed morphological description. An amended description and new illustrations of T. undosa from W. bicolor are provided.
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Journal of Helminthology publishes original papers and review articles on all aspects of pure and applied helminthology, particularly those helminth parasites of environmental health, medical or veterinary importance. Research papers on helminths in wildlife hosts, including plant and insect parasites, are also published along with taxonomic papers contributing to the systematics of a group. The journal will be of interest to academics and researchers involved in the fields of human and veterinary parasitology, public health, microbiology, ecology and biochemistry.
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