Species Lagaropsylla mera Jordan & Rothschild, 1921

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• Lagaropsylla mera Jordan, K. & Rothschild, N.C. 1921. New genera and species of bat-fleas. Ectoparasites 1: 142-162 [156].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Java.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 2♂ 3♀.

  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. [30].

  Type host:

   Vespertilio sp. [MOLOSSIDAE] (as Myotis sp.)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: W plateau
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal
• Indonesia

Oriental Region

• Philippines

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Macrotis lagotis (Reid, 1837) [THYLACOMYIDAE] Bilby; Chaerephon jobensis (Miller, 1902) [MOLOSSIDAE] Northern Mastiff-bat), sanguinivore.

 

History of changes

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