Abstract
ABSTRACT Examination of museum collections of cyclophyllidean cestodes (families Paruterinidae and Davaineidae) from the Australian bustard, Ardeotis australis (Gray) (Aves: Gruiformes), revealed the presence of five species not previously reported from Australia: Ascometra vestita Cholodkovsky, 1912, Idiogenes kolbei Ortlepp, 1938, I. kori Ortlepp, 1938, I. nana Fuhrmann, 1925 and I. otidis Krabbe, 1868. All are known from a variety of genera and species of bustards from Africa and Eurasia. Minor differences were noted in the morphology of I. kori and I. nana from published descriptions, but these differences may be due to intraspecific variation.
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