Species Bibikovana iridis (Holland, 1971)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pygiopsylla iridis Holland, G.P. 1971. Notes on the genus Pygiopsylla Rothschild, Group B, in Australia with the description of three new species (Siphonaptera: Pygiopsyllidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 10(2): 65-82 [Date published 30/Jun/1971] [79].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Mt Glorious, SE QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 1♀; BMNH 1♂ 1♀; CNCI; PCRT.

  Type host:

   Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] (as Rattus assimilis)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Isoodon macrourus (Gould, 1842) [PERAMELIDAE] Northern Brown Bandicoot; Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot; Antechinus sp. [DASYURIDAE]; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat; Melomys sp. [MURIDAE]), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred host Rattus fuscipes.

 

History of changes

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