Species Stephanocircus dasyuri Skuse, 1893
- Stephanocircus dasyuri Skuse, F.A.A. 1893. Description of a new flea (Stephanocircus dasyuri) from New South Wales; with notes of some other insect parasites known in Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 2: 77-82 [78].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM ♀, NSW.Type host:
Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792) [DASYURIDAE]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), 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), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Ectoparasitic (host(s): Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] Short-beaked Echidna; Bettongia penicillata Gray, 1837 [POTOROIDAE] Brush-tailed Bettong; Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot; Isoodon macrourus (Gould, 1842) [PERAMELIDAE] Northern Brown Bandicoot; Perameles gunnii Gray, 1838 [PERAMELIDAE] Eastern Barred Bandicoot; Perameles nasuta Geoffroy, 1804 [PERAMELIDAE] Long-nosed Bandicoot; Potorous tridactylus (Kerr, 1792) [POTOROIDAE] Long-nosed Potoroo; Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) [DASYURIDAE] Dusky Antechinus; Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792) [DASYURIDAE] Spotted-tailed Quoll; Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842 [DASYURIDAE] Northern Quoll; Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800) [DASYURIDAE] Eastern Quoll; Sminthopsis murina (Waterhouse, 1838) [DASYURIDAE] Common Dunnart; Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785) [PSEUDOCHEIRIDAE] Common Ringtail Possum; Hydromys chrysogaster Geoffroy, 1804 [MURIDAE] Water-rat; Mastacomys fuscus Thomas, 1882 [MURIDAE] Broad-toothed Rat; Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852) [MURIDAE] Fawn-footed Melomys; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat; Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat; Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat; Rattus sordidus (Gould, 1858) [MURIDAE] Canefield Rat; Uromys caudimaculatus (Krefft, 1867) [MURIDAE] Giant White-tailed Rat; Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat; Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human), sanguinivore.
Extra Ecological Information
Catholic species, but shows a preference for small marsupials.
General References
Dunnet, G.M. & Mardon, D.K. 1974. A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 30: 1-273 [105] (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] [75] (biogeography, anatomy, relationships)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |