Species Echidnophaga macronychia Jordan & Rothschild, 1906

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Species Echidnophaga macronychia Jordan & Rothschild, 1906

Echidnophaga macronychia 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 [45].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Kojonup, WA.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 7♀; whereabouts unknown 5♀.
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. [29].
Type host:
Bettongia lesueur (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [POTOROIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

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: 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): Bettongia lesueur (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [POTOROIDAE] Burrowing Bettong; Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800) [DASYURIDAE] Eastern Quoll), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Only known host.

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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