Subspecies Acanthopsylla scintilla rectangulata Holland, 1971

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• Acanthopsylla scintilla rectangulata 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 [230].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, coastal strip opposite Rotomah Is., Lake Victoria, VIC.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂ 5♀; CNCI 1♂ 1♀.

  Type host:

   Cercartetus nanus (Desmarest, 1818) [BURRAMYIDAE]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Cercartetus nanus (Desmarest, 1818) [BURRAMYIDAE] Eastern Pigmy-possum; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred host Cercartetus nanus.

 

History of changes

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