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Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56
Johnsprentia copemani gen. nov., sp. nov. (Haemoproteidae), a parasite of the flying-fox, Pteropus alecto (Pteropidae), from Queensland
Landau, I., Chavatte, J.-M. & Beveridge, I.
Published online: 17 February 2012
Citation
Landau, I., Chavatte, J.-M. & Beveridge, I. 2012. Johnsprentia copemani gen. nov., sp. nov. (Haemoproteidae), a parasite of the flying-fox, Pteropus alecto (Pteropidae), from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56(1): 61-66. Brisbane. ISSN 0079-8835. https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.56.1.2012-05
Published online
17 February 2012
Peer reviewed
Yes
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.56.1.2012-05
Keywords
Haemoproteidae, Pteropus alecto, Johnsprentia copemani, new genus, new species, Queensland
Abstract
Black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto Temminck, 1837) captured in Townsville, Queensland, are parasitised by a new species of Haemoproteidae which differs morphologically and in its tissue localisation, having highly distinctive gametocytes and tissue forms in the lungs, which are described here. It cannot be accommodated in any of the genera of the Haemoproteidae known from mammals and is here named Johnsprentia copemani gen. nov., sp. nov.
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