Species Macropsylla hercules Rothschild, 1905

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macropsylla hercules Rothschild, N.C. 1905. Some new Siphonaptera. Novitates Zoologicae 12: 479-491 [486].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀, Launceston, TAS.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀.

  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. [22].

  Type host:

   Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] (as Mus velutinus)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Including Kangaroo Is.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838) [DASYURIDAE] Yellow-footed Antechinus; Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) [DASYURIDAE] Dusky Antechinus; Mastacomys fuscus Thomas, 1882 [MURIDAE] Broad-toothed Rat; Hydromys chrysogaster Geoffroy, 1804 [MURIDAE] Water-rat; Pseudomys fumeus Brazenor, 1934 [MURIDAE] Smoky Mouse; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat; Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat; Melomys sp. [MURIDAE]; Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred hosts native Rattus speices.

 

History of changes

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