Subspecies Echidnophaga ambulans inepta M. Rothschild, 1936

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• Echidnophaga ambulans inepta Rothschild, M. 1936. Siphonaptera from Western Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 40: 3-16 [5].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀, Nolba, near Geraldton, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) WAM 25/304 1♀.

  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. [25].

  Type host:

   Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] (as Tachyglossus aculeatus inepta)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] Short-beaked Echidna; Antechinus sp. [DASYURIDAE]), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Only clearly defined host echidna, also one reference to a "possum".

 

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)