Species Acanthopsylla pavida (Rothschild, 1916)

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• Pygiopsylla pavida Rothschild, N.C. 1916. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 5. Siphonaptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 10: 1-9 [2].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1♂ 2♀; NHRM 10♂ 15♀.

  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. [35].

  Type host:

   Petaurus breviceps Waterhouse, 1839 [PETAURIDAE]
• Acanthopsylla incerta Holland, G.P. 1971. Two new species and three new subspecies of Acanthopsylla from Australia, with some notes on the genus (Siphonaptera: Pygiopsyllidae). The Canadian Entomologist 103: 213-234 [225].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Iron Range, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 1♀; CNCI 1♀.

  Type host:

   Antechinus sp. [DASYURIDAE]

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mardon, D.K. 1981. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Rothschild Collection of Fleas (Siphonaptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum Vol. 6 viii 298 pp. [115]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Antechinus godmani (Thomas, 1923) [DASYURIDAE] Atherton Antechinus; Dendrolagus lumholtzi Collett, 1884 [MACROPODIDAE] Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo; Trichosurus caninus (Ogilby, 1836) [PHALANGERIDAE] Mountain Brushtail Possum; Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) [PHALANGERIDAE] Common Brushtail Possum; Hemibelideus lemuroides (Collett, 1884) [PSEUDOCHEIRIDAE] Lemuroid Ringtail Possum; Pseudocheirus herbertensis (Collett, 1884) [PSEUDOCHEIRIDAE] Herbert River Ringtail Possum; Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785) [PSEUDOCHEIRIDAE] Common Ringtail Possum; Petaurus breviceps Waterhouse, 1839 [PETAURIDAE] Sugar Glider; Dactylopsila trivirgata Gray, 1858 [PETAURIDAE]; Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1794) [ACROBATIDAE] Feathertail Glider; Cercartetus caudatus (Milne-Edwards, 1877) [BURRAMYIDAE] Long-tailed Pygmy Possum; Perameles nasuta Geoffroy, 1804 [PERAMELIDAE] Long-nosed Bandicoot; Phascogale sp. [DASYURIDAE]; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Rattus leucopus (J.E. Gray, 1867) [MURIDAE] Cape York Rat; Rattus sordidus (Gould, 1858) [MURIDAE] Canefield Rat; Uromys caudimaculatus (Krefft, 1867) [MURIDAE] Giant White-tailed Rat; Melomys sp. [MURIDAE]), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred hosts marsupials.

 

History of changes

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