Subspecies Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) londiniensis londiniensis (Rothschild, 1903)

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• Ceratophyllus londiniensis Rothschild, N.C. 1903. A new British flea: Ceratophyllus londiniensis. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 15: 64-65 [64].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Smit, F.G.A.M. & Wright, A.M. 1978. A Catalogue of the Primary Type Specimens of Siphonaptera in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum (Natural History) 71 pp. [29].

  Type host:

   Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 [MURIDAE]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic, sanguinivore (host(s): Tarsipes rostratus Gervais & Verreaux, 1842 [TARSIPEDIDAE] Honey Possum; Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Gould, 1844) [DASYURIDAE] Fat-tailed Dunnart; Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat; Pseudomys novaehollandiae (Waterhouse, 1843) [MURIDAE] New Holland Mouse; Pseudomys apodemoides Finlayson, 1932 [MURIDAE] Silky Mouse; Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 [MURIDAE] House Mouse; Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat).

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred host Mus musculus.

 

General References

Traub, R., Rothschild, M. & Haddow, J.F. 1983. The Rothschild Collection of Fleas. The Ceratophyllidae: key to the genera and host relationships. Cambridge : M. Rothschild & R. Traub xv 288 pp. 90 pls. [119] (hosts, distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)