Bertiella anapolytica Baylis, 1934

Beveridge, Ian & Smales, Lesley R., 2017, Cestode Parasites (Platyhelminthes) of Rodents from New Guinea and Adjacent Islands with a Redescription of Paroniella blanchardi (Parona, 1897) (Davaineidae), Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 69 (6), pp. 451-460 : 453

Bertiella anapolytica Baylis, 1934

Material examined. From Paramelomys lorentzii (Jentink, 1908) (Lorentz’s paramelomys): Wokam Island, Aru Islands , Western Papua, 6°10'S 134°30'E (W23783) .

Remarks. This cestode species has been reported from Sumatra ( Baylis, 1934) and from south-eastern Australia ( Beveridge, 1985) from species of Rattus . The current report is thE first frOm NEW GuinEa and ExtEnds thE knOWn hOst range of the species to the genus Melomys . The host specimen from which these cestodes were obtained is apparently that referred to by Flannery (1995a), as the only specimen of this host collected on the Aru Islands.