Host taxa for CYCLORRHAPHA
Animal Hosts
AVES
ALCEDINIDAE
- Dacelo (Dacelo) novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) [ALCEDINIDAE] Laughing Kookaburra (as Dacelo gigas)
ARDEIDAE
- Ardea [ARDEIDAE] Egrets (as Casmerodius)
- Ardea sumatrana Raffles, 1822 [ARDEIDAE] Great-billed Heron (a species not now recorded from Australia)
- Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789) [ARDEIDAE] Eastern Reef Egret (as Demigretta sacra)
- Ixobrychus [ARDEIDAE] Bitterns (as Ardetta)
CACATUIDAE
- Cacatua (Cacatua) galerita (Latham, 1790) [CACATUIDAE] Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Eolophus (Eolophus) roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) [CACATUIDAE] Galah (as Cacatua roseicapilla)
HIRUNDINIDAE
- Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1843 [HIRUNDINIDAE] Welcome Swallow
MEGAPODIIDAE
- Alectura [MEGAPODIIDAE]
PODARGIDAE
- Podargus strigoides (Latham, 1801) [PODARGIDAE] Tawny Frogmouth
STRIGIDAE
- Ninox connivens (Latham, 1801) [STRIGIDAE] Barking Owl
- Ninox novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1788) [STRIGIDAE] Southern Boobook Owl
EUTHERIA
BOVIDAE
- Bos (Bos) taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] European Cattle
- Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Sheep
CANIDAE
- Canis lupus familiaris Linaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Domestic Dog
- Canis lupus familiaris Linaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Domestic Dog (on dog's coat)
EMBALLONURIDAE
- Taphozous georgianus Thomas, 1915 [EMBALLONURIDAE] Common Sheathtail-bat
EQUIDAE
- Equus (Equus) caballus Linnaeus, 1758 [EQUIDAE] Horse
HIPPOSIDERIDAE
- Hipposideros cervinus (Gould, 1854) [HIPPOSIDERIDAE] Fawn Leafnosed-bat
- Hipposideros sp. [HIPPOSIDERIDAE]
Little Bentwing-bat
- Miniopterus australis (Tomes, 1858) [Little Bentwing-bat] VESPERTILIONIDAE
MINIOPTERIDAE
- Miniopterus australis (Tomes, 1858) [MINIOPTERIDAE] Little Bentwing-bat
- Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817) [MINIOPTERIDAE] Bent-wing Bat
- Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817) [MINIOPTERIDAE] Bent-wing Bat (also as Miniopteris schreibersi blepotis)
PTEROPODIDAE
- Dobsonia sp. [PTEROPODIDAE]
- Pteropus alecto gouldi Peters, 1867 [PTEROPODIDAE] Black Flying-fox (as Pteropus gouldi)
- Pteropus conspicillatus Gould, 1850 [PTEROPODIDAE] Spectacled Flying-fox
- Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck, 1825 [PTEROPODIDAE] Grey-headed Flying-fox
- Pteropus scapulatus Peters, 1862 [PTEROPODIDAE] Little Red Flying-fox
- Syconycteris australis (Peters, 1867) [PTEROPODIDAE] Common Blossom-bat, Eastern Blossom Bat
RHINOLOPHIDAE
- Rhinolophus megaphyllus J.E. Gray, 1834 [RHINOLOPHIDAE] Eastern Horseshoe-bat
- Rhinolophus sp. [RHINOLOPHIDAE]
Rhinolophidae
- Hipposideros diadema (Geoffroy, 1813) [Rhinolophidae] Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat
- Rhinolophus megaphyllus J.E. Gray, 1834 [Rhinolophidae] Eastern Horseshoe-bat
VESPERTILIONIDAE
- Chalinolobus gouldi (J.E. Gray, 1841) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Gould's Wattled Bat
- Chalinolobus gouldii (J.E. Gray, 1841) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Gould's Wattled Bat
- Chalinolobus morio (J.E. Gray, 1841) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Chocolate Wattled Bat
- Chalinolobus sp. [VESPERTILIONIDAE]
- Falsistrellus tasmaniensis (Gould, 1858) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Eastern False Pipistrelle
- Miniopterus sp. [VESPERTILIONIDAE]
- Myotis macropus (Gould, 1855) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Large-footed Myotis, Southern Myotis
- Nyctophilus sp. [VESPERTILIONIDAE]
- Nyctophilus SP. [VESPERTILIONIDAE]
- Scoteanax rueppellii (Peters, 1866) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Greater Broad-nosed Bat
- Scotorepens balstoni (Thomas, 1906) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Inland Broad-nosed Bat
- Scotorepens orion (Troughton, 1937) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Eastern Broad-nosed Bat, South-eastern Broad-nosed Bat
- Taphozous australis Gould, 1854 [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Coastal Sheathtail-bat, North-eastern Sheathtail-bat
- Vespadelus pumilus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Eastern Forest Bat
- Vespadelus pumilus J.E. Gray, 1841 [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Eastern Forest Bat
VESPERTILIONIIDAE
- Scotorepens greyii (J.E. Gray, 1843) [VESPERTILIONIIDAE] Little Broad-nosed Bat
No family stated
- Miniopterus sp.
MARSUPIALIA
ACROBATIDAE
- Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1794) [ACROBATIDAE] Feathertail Glider
MACROPODIDAE
- Macropus dorsalis (Gray, 1837) [MACROPODIDAE] Black-striped Wallaby ([Protemnodon dorsalis])
- Macropus dorsalis (Gray, 1837) [MACROPODIDAE] Black-striped Wallaby (as Halmaturus dorsalis)
- Macropus eugenii (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Tammar Wallaby (= thetidis Lesson [Thyogale eugenii])
- Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 [MACROPODIDAE] Eastern Grey Kangaroo (as Macropus major)
- Macropus parryi Bennett, 1835 [MACROPODIDAE] Whiptail Wallaby (as Protemnodon elegans Lambert)
- Macropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Wallaby
- Macropus sp. [MACROPODIDAE] kangaroos and wallabies
- Thylogale [MACROPODIDAE] Pademelon
- Thylogale thetis (Lesson, 1827) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Pademelon
- Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) [MACROPODIDAE] Swamp Wallaby (as Macropus uslabatus)
POTOROIDAE
- Aepyprymnus [POTOROIDAE] Rat-kangaroo
Ungrouped
Apidae
- Apis mellifera [Apidae] Domestic Bee
Ardeidae
- Ardeidae [Ardeidae] (recorded from 96 different genera of birds; see Maa (1969) for full list of hosts)
MINIOPTERIDAE
- Miniopteris australis (Tomes, 1858) [MINIOPTERIDAE] Little Bentwing-bat
Neotylenchidae
- Fergusobia ptychocarpae Davies, 2008 [Neotylenchidae] (parasitic in fly larvae)
POMPILIDAE
- Episyron arrogans (Endo, 1980) [POMPILIDAE]
No family stated
- "kangaroo" "kangaroo"
- marine birds marine birds
Plant Hosts
MYRTACEAE
- Eucalyptus dalrympleana Maiden, 1920 [MYRTACEAE] White Gum
- Eucalyptus pauciflora [MYRTACEAE] Snow Gum
Myrtaceae
- Corymbia abbreviata [Myrtaceae]
- Corymbia ptychocarpa [Myrtaceae]
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