Species Metastivalius rectus (Jordan & Rothschild, 1922)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stivalius rectus Jordan, K. & Rothschild, N.C. 1922. On Pygiopsylla and the allied genera of Siphonaptera. Ectoparasites 1: 231-265 [257].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Kuranda, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1♂ 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. [39].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat; Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred hosts murine rodents of the genus Rattus.

 

General References

Holland, G.P. 1969. Contribution towards a monograph of the fleas of New Guinea. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 61: 1-77 [71] (taxonomy)

 

History of changes

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