Species Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) fasciatus (Bosc, 1800)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pulex fasciatus Bosc, L.A.G. 1800. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de puce (Pulex fasciatus). Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 2: 156 [156] [for discussion of author and date for this species, see Smit, F.G.A.M. 1953. The author's name and date of the rat-flea Nosopsyllus fasciatus. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 3(1): 34–35].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP (from Myoxus nitella (lérot = Eliomys quercinus)), unknown (probably from France).

  Type host:

   Eliomys quercinus (Linnaeus, 1766) [MYOXIDAE] (as lérot (=Myoxus nitella))

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

King Is.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Subantarctic Islands

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800) [DASYURIDAE] Eastern Quoll; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat; Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat; Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat; Hydromys chrysogaster Geoffrey, 1804 [MURIDAE] Water-rat; Leporillus sp. [MURIDAE] Stick-nest Rat; Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) [LEPORIDAE] Rabbit; Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat; Canis lupus familiaris Linaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Domestic Dog), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Mynah [Aves: Passeridae] nest, preferred hosts murine rodents, especially Rattus and Mus species.

 

General References

Traub, R., Rothschild, M. & Haddow, J.F. 1983. The Rothschild Collection of Fleas. The Ceratophyllidae: key to the genera and host relationships. Cambridge : M. Rothschild & R. Traub xv 288 pp. 90 pls. [118] (hosts, distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		11-Jan-2013	MODIFIED