Species Ctenocephalides canis (Curtis, 1826)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pulex canis Curtis, J. 1826. Pulex talpae—mole's flea. Folio 114. In, British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland. London : J. Curtis Vol. III folios 99–146. [pl. 114 figs A-E, 8].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NMV ♂, England.
  Paralectotype(s) NMV 3♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Hopkins, G.H.E. 1964. Notes on fleas described by Curtis in "British Entomology". The Entomologist 97: 227-231 [227].

  Type host:

   Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

WA (exact locality unknown).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Dingo, Domestic Dog; Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Fox; Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat; Panthera pardus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Leopard, Zoo Animal; Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human; Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1775) [OTARIIDAE] Australian Fur-seal), sanguinivore (host(s): Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat).

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred hosts canid carnivores.

 

General References

Dunnet, G.M. & Mardon, D.K. 1974. A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 30: 1-273 [36] (hosts, taxonomy)

Hopkins, G.H.E. & Rothschild, M. 1953. Catalogue of the Rothschild Collection of Fleas (Siphonaptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum Vol. 1 xv 359 pp. 45 pls. [164] (extralimital and extended synonomy)

 

History of changes

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