Species Echidnophaga eyrei Mardon & Dunnet, 1971

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Species Echidnophaga eyrei Mardon & Dunnet, 1971

Echidnophaga eyrei 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] [127].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Bairnsdale, VIC, ex unknown host.
Paratype(s) BMNH 4♀; SAMA 6♀; ANIC 2♀.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800) [VOMBATIDAE] Bare-nosed Wombat; Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat), sanguinivore (host(s): Cercartetus lepidus (Thomas, 1888) [BURRAMYIDAE] Little Pigmy-possum).

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred host Vombatus ursinus.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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

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