The Thelastomatoidea (Nematoda: Oxyurida) of two sympatric Panesthiinae (Insecta: Blattodea) from southeastern Queensland, Australia: taxonomy, species richness and host specificity
Abstract The thelastomatoid fauna of two species of wood-burrowing cockroach (Blattodea, Blaberidae), Panesthia cribrata and Panesthia tryoni tryoni, from Lamington National Park, Australia, is described. The following eight new species and three new genera of thelastomatid are proposed: Bilobostoma...
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Published in | Nematology : international journal of fundamental and applied nematological research Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 543 - 575 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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The Netherlands
Brill
01.01.2005
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Summary: | Abstract
The thelastomatoid fauna of two species of wood-burrowing cockroach
(Blattodea, Blaberidae), Panesthia cribrata and Panesthia tryoni tryoni,
from Lamington National Park, Australia, is described. The following eight
new species and three new genera of thelastomatid are proposed: Bilobostoma
exerovulva n. g., n. sp.; Cordonicola gibsoni n. sp.; Coronostoma australiae
n. sp.; Desmicola ornata n. sp.; Hammerschmidtiella hochi n. sp.;
Malaspinanema goateri n. g., n. sp.; Travassosinema jaidenae n. sp.; and
Tsuganema cribratum n. g., n. sp. Additional data are given for Blattophila
sphaerolaima and Leidynemella fusiformis. Of the 11 species reported, nine
were found in P. cribrata and ten in P. tryoni tryoni. Such levels of
thelastomatoid species richnessness in single host species are exceptional.
Only the mole cricket, Gryllotalpa africana (23), and the domestic
cockroach, Periplaneta americana (20), have higher reported richness. Three
species, T. jaidenae, C. australiae and D. ornata, were found either
exclusively or significantly more prevalently in P. tryoni tryoni than in P.
cribrata. Species of Travassosinema, Coronostoma and Desmicola have been
found previously only in millipedes (Diplopoda), a fact that suggests that
there is a greater degree of niche overlap between P. tryoni tryoni and
millipedes than for P. cribrata. |
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ISSN: | 1388-5545 1568-5411 1388-5545 |
DOI: | 10.1163/156854105774384741 |