Subspecies Echidnophaga ambulans ambulans Olliff, 1886

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• Echidnophaga ambulans 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 data:

   Holotype AM K19500 ♂, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM 2 specimens.

  Type host:

   Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] (as Echidna hystrix)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), 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
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] Short-beaked Echidna; Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) [LEPORIDAE] Rabbit), sanguinivore (host(s): Leporillus conditor (Sturt, 1848) [MURIDAE] Greater Stick-nest Rat).

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred hosts echidnas.

 

General References

Dunnet, G.M. & Mardon, D.K. 1974. A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 30: 1-273 [20]

 

History of changes

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