Species Geohollandia solida (Rothschild, 1916)

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• Pygiopsylla solida Rothschild, N.C. 1916. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 5. Siphonaptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 10: 1-9 [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♂, QLD; exact locality unknown.

  Type host:

   Rattus sp. [MURIDAE] (as Epimys sp.)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Exact locality unknown.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Rattus sp. [MURIDAE] Rat), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Also recovered from bird nests in New Guinea, probably a bird flea.

 

General References

Dunnet, G.M. & Mardon, D.K. 1974. A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 30: 1-273 [80] (mentions specimens from New Guinea)

 

History of changes

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