Species Echidnophaga calabyi Mardon & Dunnet, 1971

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• Echidnophaga calabyi Mardon, D.K. & Dunnet, G.M. 1971. Four new pulicid fleas (Siphonaptera) from Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 10(2): 123-130 [Date published 30/Jun/1971] [123].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I21140 ♂, 13 miles from Sedan to[wards] Swan Reach, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA I21141 ♀; ANIC ♀; BMNH ♂ ♀.

  Type host:

   Lasiorhinus latifrons (Owen, 1845) [VOMBATIDAE] (as Lasiorhinus hirsutus , see Dunnet, G.M. & Mardon, D.K. 1974. A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 30: 1–273 [21])

 

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Lasiorhinus latifrons (Owen, 1845) [VOMBATIDAE] Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat; Potorous tridactylus (Kerr, 1792) [POTOROIDAE] Long-nosed Potoroo), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Only known host.

 

General References

Dunnet, G.M. & Mardon, D.K. 1974. A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 30: 1-273 [21]

 

History of changes

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