Species Parapsyllus taylori Jordan, 1942

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• Parapsyllus taylori Jordan, K. 1942. On Parapsyllus and some closely related genera of Siphonaptera. Environmental Entomology 18: 7-29 [22].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Lady Julia Percy Is., VIC.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂.

  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. [46].

  Type host:

   Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck, 1835) [PROCELLARIIDAE]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal islands including Foster, Rottnest, Carnac, Babel, Bruni, Flinders, Albatross, Benison, Phillip, Lady Julia Percy, Big Green, Little Green, Fisher, Mud, Great Glennie.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), 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
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Pachyptila turtur (Kuhl, 1820) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Fairy Prion; Pelagodroma marina (Latham, 1790) [OCEANITIDAE] White-faced Storm-petrel; Puffinus pacificus (Gmelin, 1789) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Wedge-tailed Shearwater; Ardenna tenuirostris (Temminck, 1835) [PROCELLARIIDAE] Short-tailed Shearwater; Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770) [LARIDAE] Caspian Tern; Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) [SPHENISCIDAE] Little Penguin; Antechinus minimus (Geoffroy, 1803) [DASYURIDAE] Swamp Antechinus; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred host evidently Puffinus tenuirostris, nest flea occurring commonly in nests of burrowing shearwaters and storm petrels, not usually found in penguin nests.

 

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. [230] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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