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Species Pygiopsylla zethi (Rothschild, 1904)

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Species Pygiopsylla zethi (Rothschild, 1904)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, 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), Flinders (FLI), 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
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) [ORNITHORHYNCHIDAE] Platypus; Bettongia gaimardi (Desmarest, 1822) [POTOROIDAE] Tasmanian Bettong; Potorous tridactylus (Kerr, 1792) [POTOROIDAE] Long-nosed Potoroo; Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot; Isoodon macrourus (Gould, 1842) [PERAMELIDAE] Northern Brown Bandicoot; Perameles nasuta Geoffroy, 1804 [PERAMELIDAE] Long-nosed Bandicoot; Perameles gunnii Gray, 1838 [PERAMELIDAE] Eastern Barred Bandicoot; Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792) [DASYURIDAE] Spotted-tailed Quoll; Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800) [DASYURIDAE] Eastern Quoll; Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842 [DASYURIDAE] Northern Quoll; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat; Lepus capensis Linnaeus, 1758 [LEPORIDAE] Brown Hare), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

A catholic species with a broad range of hosts, but mainly associated with marsupials.

 

General References

Jordan, K. & Rothschild, N.C. 1922. On Pygiopsylla and the allied genera of Siphonaptera. Ectoparasites 1: 231-265 [234] (misidentified male Pygiopsylla zethi as Pygiopsylla congrua)

Mardon, D.K. & Dunnet, G.M. 1972. A revision of the "group A" species of Australian Pygiopsylla Rothschild, 1906 (Siphonaptera: Pygiopsyllidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 11(1): 69-77 [Date published 31/Mar/1972] [71] (original description of Pygiopsylla congrua is of male only)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)