Subspecies Bibikovana rainbowi rainbowi (Rothschild, 1908)

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Subspecies Bibikovana rainbowi rainbowi (Rothschild, 1908)

Pygiopsylla rainbowi Rothschild, N.C. 1908. New Siphonaptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 617-629 [619].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Emerald, VIC.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 13♂ 12♀.
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. [38].
Type host:
Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] (as Mus assimilis)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

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

ACT, NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838) [DASYURIDAE] Yellow-footed Antechinus; Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) [DASYURIDAE] Dusky Antechinus; Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot; Perameles nasuta Geoffroy, 1804 [PERAMELIDAE] Long-nosed Bandicoot; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat; Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred host Rattus fuscipes.

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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