Species Xenopsylla vexabilis Jordan, 1925

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• Xenopsylla vexabilis Jordan, K. 1925. New Siphonaptera. Novitates Zoologicae 32: 96-112 [100].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Franklin Is., SA.
  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. [49].

  Type host:

   Leporillus conditor (Sturt, 1848) [MURIDAE] (as Leporillus jonesi)
• Xenopsylla hawaiiensis Jordan, K. 1932. A new Xenopsylla from Hawaii. Novitates Zoologicae 38: 264-266 [264].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Maui, Hawaiian Ils.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 2♂.

  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. [22].

  Type host:

   Rattus exulans (Peale, 1848) [MURIDAE] (ex rats (esp. Rattus hawaiiensis cf. Rattus exulans))
• Xenopsylla vexabilis meseris Jordan, K. 1936. Two new Australian fleas. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 61: 184-185 [184].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Ingham, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 4♂ 2♀.

  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. [31].

  Type host:

   Rattus tunneyi (Thomas, 1904) [MURIDAE] (as Rattus culmorum)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dunnet, G.M. & Mardon, D.K. 1974. A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 30: 1-273 [43]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal, W plateau
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Antechinus sp. [DASYURIDAE]; Isoodon macrourus (Gould, 1842) [PERAMELIDAE] Northern Brown Bandicoot; Dasyurus hallucatus Gould, 1842 [DASYURIDAE] Northern Quoll; Dasyuroides byrnei Spencer, 1896 [DASYURIDAE] Kowari; Dasycercus cristicauda (Krefft, 1867) [DASYURIDAE] Crest-tailed Mulgara; Sminthopsis crassicaudata (Gould, 1844) [DASYURIDAE] Fat-tailed Dunnart; Rattus colletti (Thomas, 1904) [MURIDAE] Dusky Rat; Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat; Rattus leucopus (J.E. Gray, 1867) [MURIDAE] Cape York Rat; Rattus sordidus (Gould, 1858) [MURIDAE] Canefield Rat; Rattus tunneyi (Thomas, 1904) [MURIDAE] Pale Field-rat; Rattus villosissimus (Waite, 1898) [MURIDAE] Long-haired Rat; Leporillus conditor (Sturt, 1848) [MURIDAE] Greater Stick-nest Rat; Notomys alexis Thomas, 1922 [MURIDAE] Spinifex Hopping-mouse; Notomys cervinus (Gould, 1853) [MURIDAE] Fawn Hopping-mouse; Pseudomys australis Gray, 1832 [MURIDAE] Plain's Rat; Conilurus penicillatus (Gould, 1842) [MURIDAE] Brush-tailed Rabbit-rat; Melomys sp. [MURIDAE]; Zyzomys argurus (Thomas, 1889) [MURIDAE] Common Rock-rat), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Preferred hosts murine rodents.

 

History of changes

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