Species Acedestia chera Jordan, 1937

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Regional Maps

• Acedestia chera Jordan, K. 1937. On some Australian Siphonaptera. Novitates Zoologicae 40: 311-315 [313].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Mahogany Creek, Perth, WA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA (?) ♀.

  Type host:

   Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Potorous tridactylus (Kerr, 1792) [POTOROIDAE] Long-nosed Potoroo; Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot; Perameles sp. [PERAMELIDAE] Bandicoot), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Possible nest flea.

 

General References

Dunnet, G.M. & Mardon, D.K. 1974. A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 30: 1-273 [100] (description of male)

 

History of changes

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