Species Pygiopsylla tunneyi Mardon & Dunnet, 1972

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Species Pygiopsylla tunneyi Mardon & Dunnet, 1972

Pygiopsylla tunneyi 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] [72].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Mahogany Creek, near Perth, WA.
Paratype(s) BMNH 3♀.
Type host:
Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

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

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Only known host.

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)

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