Subspecies Acanthopsylla scintilla tasmanica Holland, 1971
- Acanthopsylla scintilla tasmanica 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 [234].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Greens Beach, TAS.
Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂ 15♀; CNCI.Type host:
Cercartetus lepidus (Thomas, 1888) [BURRAMYIDAE] (as Eudromicia lepida)
Distribution
States
Tasmania
IBRA
Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Tasmania
Ecological Descriptors
Ectoparasitic (host(s): Cercartetus lepidus (Thomas, 1888) [BURRAMYIDAE] Little Pigmy-possum; Cercartetus nanus (Desmarest, 1818) [BURRAMYIDAE] Eastern Pigmy-possum; Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800) [DASYURIDAE] Eastern Quoll), sanguinivore.
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |