Species Uropsylla tasmanica Rothschild, 1905
- Uropsylla tasmanicus Rothschild, N.C. 1905. Some new Siphonaptera. Novitates Zoologicae 12: 479-491 [488].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Launceston, TAS.Type host:
Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800) [DASYURIDAE]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), 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), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Ectoparasitic (host(s): Perameles nasuta Geoffroy, 1804 [PERAMELIDAE] Long-nosed Bandicoot; Dasyurus maculatus (Kerr, 1792) [DASYURIDAE] Spotted-tailed Quoll; Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800) [DASYURIDAE] Eastern Quoll; Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842 [DASYURIDAE] Northern Quoll; Dasyurus geoffroii Gould, 1841 [DASYURIDAE] Western Quoll; Sarcophilus harrisii (Boitard, 1841) [DASYURIDAE] Tasmanian Devil; Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808) [THYLACINIDAE] Thylacine; Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat), sanguinivore.
Extra Ecological Information
Preferred hosts dasyurid marsupials.
General References
Dunnet, G.M. & Mardon, D.K. 1991. Siphonaptera (Fleas). pp. 705-716 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 2 pp. 543-1137. [708]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |