Species Stephanocircus simsoni Rothschild, 1905

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Species Stephanocircus simsoni Rothschild, 1905

Stephanocircus simsoni Rothschild, N.C. 1905. Notes on Stephanocircus dasyuri Skuse and Stephanocircus simsoni, sp. nov. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 41: 60-62 [61].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Launceston, TAS.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂.
Subsequent designation references:
Smit, F.G.A.M. & Wright, A.M. 1978. A Catalogue of the Primary Type Specimens of Siphonaptera in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum (Natural History) 71 pp. [42].
Type host:
Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792) [DASYURIDAE]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, 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

ACT, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Burramys parvus Broom, 1896 [BURRAMYIDAE] Mountain Pigmy-possum; Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792) [DASYURIDAE] Spotted-tailed Quoll; Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842 [DASYURIDAE] Northern Quoll; Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse, 1840) [DASYURIDAE] Dusky Antechinus; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat; Pseudomys fumeus Brazenor, 1934 [MURIDAE] Smoky Mouse), sanguinivore.

General References

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] [66] (hosts, distribution)

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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