Genus Echidnophaga Olliff, 1886

Museums

Regional Maps

• Echidnophaga Olliff, A.S. 1886. Description of a new Aphanipterous insect from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 171-172 [172].

  Type species:

   Echidnophaga ambulans Olliff, 1886 by monotypy.
• Argopsylla Enderlein, G. 1903. Die Landarthropoden der antarktischen Inseln St. Paul und Neu-Amsterdam. pp. 249-270 in Germany (ed.). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia", 1898–1899…. Jena : C. Chun Vol. 3 270 pp. 40 pls. [263].

  Type species:

   Sarcopsyllus gallinaceus Westwood, 1875 by original designation.
• Xestopsylla Baker, C.F. 1904. A revision of American Siphonaptera, or fleas, together with a compete (sic) list and bibliography of the group. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 27: 365-469 [374] [junior objective synonym of Argopsylla Enderlein, 1903].

  Type species:

   Sarcopsyllus gallinaceus Westwood, 1875 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [71]

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan in the case of Echidnophaga gallinacea which has been introduced on domestic poultry, but the remaining species are from the Afrotropical and Palaearctic Regions.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), 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), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), 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: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Distribution References

History of changes

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