Species Stephanocircus concinnus Rothschild, 1916

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• Stephanocircus concinnus Rothschild, N.C. 1916. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 5. Siphonaptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 10: 1-9 [6].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM K68519 ♂, Australia.

  Type host:

   Rattus sp. [MURIDAE] (as Epimys sp.)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Phascogale sp. [DASYURIDAE]; Hydromys chrysogaster Geoffroy, 1804 [MURIDAE] Water-rat; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Uromys caudimaculatus (Krefft, 1867) [MURIDAE] Giant White-tailed Rat), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred host Rattus fuscipes.

 

General References

Dunnet, G.M. & Mardon, D.K. 1974. A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 30: 1-273 [104] (distribution, hosts)

Traub, R. & Dunnet, G.M. 1973. Revision of the Siphonapteran genus Stephanocircus Skuse, 1893 (Stephanocircidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 20: 41-128 [Date published 11/May/1973] [64]

 

History of changes

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