Species Choristopsylla tristis (Rothschild, 1900)

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Species Choristopsylla tristis (Rothschild, 1900)

Typhlopsylla tristis Rothschild, N.C. 1900. Some new exotic fleas. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 12: 36-38 [36].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, VIC.
Paratype(s) BMNH 3♀.
Type host:
Petaurus australis Shaw, 1791 [PETAURIDAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, 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

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Petaurus norfolcensis (Kerr, 1792) [PETAURIDAE] Squirrel Glider; Petaurus australis Shaw, 1791 [PETAURIDAE] Yellow-bellied Glider; Gymnobelideus leadbeateri McCoy, 1867 [PETAURIDAE] Leadbeater's Possum; Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1794) [ACROBATIDAE] Feathertail Glider; Petaurus breviceps Waterhouse, 1839 [PETAURIDAE] Sugar Glider), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred host Petaurus breviceps.

General References

Dunnet, G.M. & Mardon, D.K. 1974. A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 30: 1-273 [60] (taxonomy)

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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