Species Parastivalius novaeguineae (Rothschild, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ceratophyllus novaeguineae Rothschild, N.C. 1904. Further contributions to the knowledge of the Siphonaptera. Novitates Zoologicae 11: 602-653 [629].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Huon Gulf, New Guinea.

  Type host:

   Peroryctes raffrayana (Milne-Edwards, 1878) [PERAMELIDAE] (as Perameles raffrayanus)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

McIlwraith Ra.

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
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Echymipera rufescens (Peters & Doria, 1875) [PERORYCTIDAE] Rufous Spiny Bandicoot; Rattus leucopus (J.E. Gray, 1867) [MURIDAE] Cape York Rat), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred hosts marsupial species.

 

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 [37] (taxonomy)

Jordan, K. & Rothschild, N.C. 1911. Katalog der Siphonapteren des königlichen zoologischen museums in Berlin. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 57-89 [71] (description of male)

 

History of changes

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