Species Choristopsylla thomasi (Rothschild, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ceratophyllus thomasi Rothschild, N.C. 1904. Further contributions to the knowledge of the Siphonaptera. Novitates Zoologicae 11: 602-653 [625].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Australia.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀.

  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. [47].

  Type host:

   Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1794) [ACROBATIDAE] (as Acrobates pygmaea)

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1794) [ACROBATIDAE] Feathertail Glider; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred host Acrobates pygmaeus, the record from Rattus fuscipes almost certainly represents an accidental occurrence.

 

History of changes

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