Species Xenopsylla australiaca Mardon & Dunnet, 1971

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Species Xenopsylla australiaca Mardon & Dunnet, 1971

Xenopsylla australiaca Mardon, D.K. & Dunnet, G.M. 1971. Four new pulicid fleas (Siphonaptera) from Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 10(2): 123-130 [Date published 30/Jun/1971] [129].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Trimouille, Monte Bello Is., WA.
Paratype(s) ANIC 1♂ 3♀; BMNH 2♀, Montebello Is.
Type host:
Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

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

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, W plateau
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
- Western Australia: NW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat; Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat; Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 [MURIDAE] House Mouse; Pseudomys albocinereus (Gould, 1845) [MURIDAE] Ash-grey Mouse; Notomys alexis Thomas, 1922 [MURIDAE] Spinifex Hopping-mouse; Notomys mitchellii (Ogilby, 1838) [MURIDAE] Mitchell's Hopping-mouse), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Known only from rodents, preferred hosts Rattus rattus, Rattus norvegicus and Mus musculus.

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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