Species Echidnophaga liopus Jordan & Rothschild, 1906

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Species Echidnophaga liopus Jordan & Rothschild, 1906

Echidnophaga liopus Jordan, K. & Rothschild, N.C. 1906. A revision of the Sarcopsyllidae, a family of Siphonaptera. Thompson Yates and Johnstone Laboratories Reports ns 7: 15-72 [56].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Mt Anderson, WA.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH.
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. [28].
Type host:
Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] (as Echidna aculeata)

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

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. I xv 359 pp. 45 pls. [76] (recorded 2♀ from Agra, India ex Rattus sp.).

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

WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: N coastal

Distribution References

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.

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] Short-beaked Echidna; Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842 [DASYURIDAE] Northern Quoll), sanguinivore (host(s): Zaglossus bruijnii (Peters & Doria, 1876) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] Long-Beaked Echidna (species considered to be extinct in Australia); Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot).

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred host Tachyglossus aculeatus.

General References

Helgen, K.M., Miguez, R.P., Kohen, J.L. & Helgen, L.E. 2012. Twentieth century occurrence of the Long-Beaked Echidna Zaglossus bruijnii in the Kimberley region of Australia. ZooKeys 255: 103-132 [121]

Smit, F.G.A.M. 1979. Fleas (Siphonaptera) from some Western Australian mammals. Records of the Western Australian Museum 7: 325-332 [325] (suggests the 2\fe supposedly from Agra, India are mislabelled)

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)
		05-Jul-2013	MODIFIED

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