Species Acanthopsylla saphes Jordan & Rothschild, 1922

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Species Acanthopsylla saphes Jordan & Rothschild, 1922

Acanthopsylla saphes Jordan, K. & Rothschild, N.C. 1922. On Pygiopsylla and the allied genera of Siphonaptera. Ectoparasites 1: 231-265 [242].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Studley Park, Melbourne, VIC.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1♂ 5♀.
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. [41].
Type host:
Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800) [DASYURIDAE] (as native cat)

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Healesville, Studley Park, Melbourne.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic, sanguinivore (host(s): Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800) [DASYURIDAE] Eastern Quoll).

Extra Ecological Information

Only known host.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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

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