Species Echidnophaga perilis Jordan, 1925

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• Echidnophaga perilis Jordan, K. 1925. New Siphonaptera. Novitates Zoologicae 32: 96-112 [97].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀, Cranbrook, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 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. [36].

  Type host:

   Myrmecobius fasciatus Waterhouse, 1836 [MYRMECOBIIDAE]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] Short-beaked Echidna; Bettongia lesueur (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [POTOROIDAE] Burrowing Bettong; Macrotis lagotis (Reid, 1837) [THYLACOMYIDAE] Bilby; Lasiorhinus latifrons (Owen, 1845) [VOMBATIDAE] Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat; Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat; Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) [LEPORIDAE] Rabbit; Myrmecobius fasciatus Waterhouse, 1836 [MYRMECOBIIDAE] Numbat; Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Fox; Canis lupus familiaris Linaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Domestic Dog; Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat; Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Of the native species the preferred host is Tachyglossus aculeatus.

 

General References

Dunnet, G.M. & Mardon, D.K. 1974. A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 30: 1-273 [31]

Jordan, K. 1933. Descriptions of Siphonaptera. Novitates Zoologicae 39: 66-69 [66] (description of male)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		11-Jan-2013	MODIFIED