Species Leptopsylla (Leptopsylla) segnis (Schönherr, 1811)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pulex segnis Schönherr, C.J. 1811. Pulex segnis En ny Svensk Loppa. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 2 32: 98-101 [99].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZIUU, Sweden.

  Type host:

   Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 [MURIDAE]

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal islands including Clarke, Cape Barren, Flinders, French, Kangaroo, Maria.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Petrogale xanthopus Gray, 1855 [MACROPODIDAE] Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby; Antechinus minimus (Geoffroy, 1803) [DASYURIDAE] Swamp Antechinus; Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Gould, 1844) [DASYURIDAE] Fat-tailed Dunnart; Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat; Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat; Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 [MURIDAE] House Mouse; Nyctinomus australis (Gray, 1838) [MOLOSSIDAE] White-striped Mastiff-bat; Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Also kangaroo of unknown species, preferred host Mus musculus.

 

General References

Hopkins, G.H.E. & Rothschild, M. 1971. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Rothschild Collection of Fleas (Siphonaptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum Vol. 5 viii 530 pp. 30 pls. [181] (extralimital and extended synonymy)

Krampitz, H.E. 1980. Host preference, sessility and mating behaviour of Leptopsyllus segnis reared in captivity. pp. 371-378 in Traub, R. & Starke, H. (eds). Fleas. Proceedings of the International Conference on Fleas. Aston Wold, Peterborough, UK 21–25 June 1977. Rotterdam : A.A. Balkema x 420 pp. [371]

 

History of changes

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