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Species Echidnophaga perilis Jordan, 1925

Rabbit Stickfast Flea

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
    • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
    • Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] Short-beaked Echidna; Bettongia lesueur (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [POTOROIDAE] Burrowing Bettong; Macrotis lagotis (Reid, 1837) [THYLACOMYIDAE] Bilby; Lasiorhinus latifrons (Owen, 1845) [VOMBATIDAE] Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat; Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat; Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) [LEPORIDAE] Rabbit; Myrmecobius fasciatus Waterhouse, 1836 [MYRMECOBIIDAE] Numbat; Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Fox; Canis lupus familiaris Linaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Domestic Dog; Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat; Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Of the native species the preferred host is Tachyglossus aculeatus.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
11-Jan-2013 MODIFIED