Subspecies Notiopsylla kerguelensis kerguelensis (Taschenberg, 1880)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pulex kerguelensis Taschenberg, O. 1880. Die Flöhe. Die Arten der Insectenordnung Suctoria nach ihrem Chitinskelet monographisch dargestellt. Halle : O. Taschenberg 120 pp. 4 pls. [67].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Royal Sound, Kerguelen Is.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 2♀; RMNH ♂.

  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. [27].

  Type host:

   Pelecanoides urinator (Gmelin, 1789) [PROCELLARIIDAE] (as Pelecanoides urinatrix)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Also known from Auckland Is., Campbell Is. and Snares Is.

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Subantarctic Islands

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Procellaria (Adamastor) cinerea Gmelin, 1789 [PROCELLARIIDAE] Grey Petrel (in burrow); Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin, 1789) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Blue Petrel (in burrow); Larus (Larus) dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823 [LARIDAE] Kelp Gull; Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin, 1789) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Southern Giant-petrel; Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin, 1789) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Antarctic Prion; Pelecanoides urinatrix (Gmelin, 1789) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Common Diving-Petrel; Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Sooty Shearwater), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred hosts seabirds.

 

General References

Dunnet, G.M. 1964. Distribution and host relationships of fleas in the Antarctic and Subantarctic. Proc. 1st SCAR Symp. Antarctic Biol. 223-238 pp. [233] (hosts, distribution)

Eaton, A.E. 1875. Notes on the entomology of Kerguelen's Island. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 12: 1-2 [2] (referred to specimens collected during the Transit of Venus expedition to Kerguelen Is. as Pulex spec.)

Murray, M.D. & Vestjens, W.J.M. 1967. Studies on the ectoparasites of seals and penguins. III. The distribution of the tick Ixodes uriae White and the flea Parapsyllus magellanicus heardi de Meillon on Macquarie Island. Australian Journal of Zoology 15(4): 715-725 2 pls [Date published 31/Aug/1967] [718] (host relationships)

Smit, F.G.A.M. 1979. The fleas of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 9: 143-232 [167] (hosts, distribution)

Taschenberg, O. 1880. A new flea from Kerguelen-Island. Notes from the Leyden Museum 2: 169-170 [169]

 

History of changes

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