Subspecies Acanthopsylla rothschildi rothschildi (Rainbow, 1905)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ceratophyllus rothschildi Rainbow, W.J. 1905. Notes on Australian Siphonaptera. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 101-109 [103].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM K368, NSW.

  Type host:

   Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792) [DASYURIDAE]
• Acanthopsylla rothschildi victoriana Jordan, K. & Rothschild, N.C. 1922. On Pygiopsylla and the allied genera of Siphonaptera. Ectoparasites 1: 231-265 [248].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Emerald, VIC.

  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. [49].

  Type host:

   Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) [DASYURIDAE] (as Phascologale swainsonii)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [214]

 

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792) [DASYURIDAE] Spotted-tailed Quoll; Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800) [DASYURIDAE] Eastern Quoll; Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842 [DASYURIDAE] Northern Quoll; Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838) [DASYURIDAE] Yellow-footed Antechinus; Antechinus minimus (Geoffroy, 1803) [DASYURIDAE] Swamp Antechinus; Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841 [DASYURIDAE] Brown Antechinus; Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) [DASYURIDAE] Dusky Antechinus; Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Gould, 1844) [DASYURIDAE] Fat-tailed Dunnart; Thylogale thetis (Lesson, 1827) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Pademelon; Perameles nasuta Geoffroy, 1804 [PERAMELIDAE] Long-nosed Bandicoot; Potorous tridactylus (Kerr, 1792) [POTOROIDAE] Long-nosed Potaroo; Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) [PHALANGERIDAE] Common Brushtail Possum; Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785) [PSEUDOCHEIRIDAE] Common Ringtail Possum; Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) [PHALANGERIDAE] Common Brushtail Possum; Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785) [PSEUDOCHEIRIDAE] Common Ringtail Possum; Gymnobelideus leadbeateri McCoy, 1867 [PETAURIDAE] Leadbeater's Possum; Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1794) [ACROBATIDAE] Feathertail Glider; Cercartetus lepidus (Thomas, 1888) [BURRAMYIDAE] Little Pigmy-possum; Cercartetus nanus (Desmarest, 1818) [BURRAMYIDAE] Eastern Pigmy-possum; Burramys parvus Broom, 1896 [BURRAMYIDAE] Mountain Pigmy-possum; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat; Hydromys chrysogaster Geoffroy, 1804 [MURIDAE] Water-rat; Pseudomys fumeus Brazenor, 1934 [MURIDAE] Smoky Mouse; Pseudomys higginsi (Trouessart, 1897) [MURIDAE] Long-tailed Mouse), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred hosts marsupials.

 

General References

Jordan, K. & Rothschild, N.C. 1922. On Pygiopsylla and the allied genera of Siphonaptera. Ectoparasites 1: 231-265 [245] (description of male)

Rainbow, W.J. 1905. Notes on Australian Siphonaptera. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 101-109 (described male of a different species)

 

History of changes

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