Species Pygiopsylla zethi (Rothschild, 1904)
- Ceratophyllus zethi Rothschild, N.C. 1904. Further contributions to the knowledge of the Siphonaptera. Novitates Zoologicae 11: 602-653 [626].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Gippsland, VIC.Type host:
Bettongia gaimardi (Desmarest, 1822) [POTOROIDAE] (as Bettongia cuniculus) - Pygiopsylla congrua Jordan, K. & Rothschild, N.C. 1922. On Pygiopsylla and the allied genera of Siphonaptera. Ectoparasites 1: 231-265 [234].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Sulphur Creek, TAS.
Paratype(s) BMNH.Type host:
Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] (as Perameles obesula)
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
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
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |