Species Porribius bathyllus (M. Rothschild, 1936)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ischnopsyllus bathyllus Rothschild, M. 1936. Siphonaptera from Western Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 40: 3-16 [14].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀, Carnamah, 150 miles N of Perth, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) WAM 27/1548 ♀, Carnamah, WA.

  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. [8].

  Type host:

   Nyctinomus australis (Gray, 1838) [MOLOSSIDAE] (as Tadarida australis)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Chalinolobus gouldii (J.E. Gray, 1841) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Gould's Wattled Bat; Falsistrellus tasmaniensis (Gould, 1858) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Eastern False Pipistrelle; Myotis adversus (Horsfield, 1824) [VESPERTILIONIDAE] Large-footed Mouse-eared Bat; Nyctinomus australis (Gray, 1838) [MOLOSSIDAE] White-striped Mastiff-bat), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred hosts are all vespertilionid bats.

 

General References

Rothschild, N.C. 1903. Further contributions to the knowledge of Siphonaptera. Novitates Zoologicae 10: 317-325 [323] (misidentified female Porribius bathyllus as Ceratopsylla reductus)

 

History of changes

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