Tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) of Australian reptiles: hidden diversity of strictly host-specific parasites Chambrier, Alain De Beveridge, Ian Scholz, Tomáš Zootaxa 2018 2018-08-23 4461 4 477 498 Chambrier & Beveridge & Scholz, 2018 Chambrier & Beveridge & Scholz 2018 [151,384,1668,1694] Cestoda Proteocephalidae Australophiotaenia GBIF Animalia Proteocephalidea 13 478 Platyhelminthes genus gen. nov.   Host.Spotted python,  Antaresia maculosa(Peters, 1873)( Ophidia: Pythonidae).   Distribution. Australia( New South Wales, Queensland).     Materialstudied. Onespecimen from  A. maculosa(host field No. AUS 003) in Wulguru, Queensland( 19°19'31''S 146°48'41''E),  15.04.2000, Coll. Ian Beveridge(MHNG-PLAT-36548).   Remarks.The specimen studied belongs to a new species as evidenced by its sequences of ssrDNA, lsrDNA, rrnL and cox1 ( KC786013, KC786024, KC786001and KC785988, respectively—Scholz et al., 2013). However, only fragmentary material unsuitable for morphological study is available. This morphotype is characterised by a scolex 1.39 mmwide with four uniloculate shallow suckers, 200–217 testes, the length of the cirrus-sac representing 28–35% of the width of the proglottid, post-equatorial position of the genital pore, 33–34 uterine diverticula on each side, and the absence of egg clusters (see Table 2). 1919493482 2000-04-15 Coll. Ian Beveridge Material -19.32528 Wulguru 21 146.81139 One 13 490 1 Queensland