Cestode Parasites (Platyhelminthes) of Rodents from New Guinea and Adjacent Islands with a Redescription of Paroniella blanchardi (Parona, 1897) (Davaineidae) Author Beveridge, Ian Author Smales, Lesley R. text Records of the Australian Museum 2017 Rec. Aust. Mus. 2017-11-22 69 6 451 460 http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1667 journal article 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1667 2201-4349 4677104 0D2DD23D-8B0D-42E6-A7BF-33FBE10255C9 Mathevotaenia niuguiniensis Beveridge, 2008 Material examined . From Pogonomys silvestris Thomas, 1920 (grey-bellied pogonomys): Mount Biyao , Munimum Village , Agaun , Milne Bay Province , 9°53'S 149°23'E (W23810–812); Kawaya Village , Aguan, Milne Bay Province , 9°53'S 149°22'E (W23813) ; from Rattus niobe (Thomas, 1906) ( eastern New Guinea mountain rat): Dokafuma , Star Mountains , West Sepik Province , 5°01'S 141°07'E (W23792–793) ; Remarks . This species was originally described from Parahydromys asper (Thomas, 1906) from the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea ( Beveridge, 2008 ), being the only species of the genus known from the region. The current collections substantially increase the known host and geographic range of the cestode.