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Genus Acanthopsylla Jordan & Rothschild, 1922

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Genus Acanthopsylla Jordan & Rothschild, 1922

  • Acanthopsylla Jordan, K. & Rothschild, N.C. 1922. On Pygiopsylla and the allied genera of Siphonaptera. Ectoparasites 1: 231-265 [240].
    Type species:
     Ceratophyllus rothschildi Rainbow, 1905 by original designation.
  • Akmepsylla Wagner, J. 1933. Aphanipteren-Material aus der Sammlung des Zoologischen Museum der Berliner Universität. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 18: 338-362 [353].
    Type species:
     Akmepsylla enderleini Wagner, 1933 by monotypy.
  • Glauertia Rothschild, M. 1936. Siphonaptera from Western Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 40: 3-16 [9] [junior homonym of Glauertia Loveridge, 1933 (Amphibia)].
    Type species:
     Glauertia scintilla M. Rothschild, 1936 by monotypy.
  • Glauertidos Rothschild, M. 1937. Change of generic name in Siphonaptera. The Entomologist 70: 21 [21] [nom. nov. for Glauertia M. Rothschild, 1936].

 

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 [81]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

New Guinea.


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, 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), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), Tanami (TAN), 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: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
    • South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

Distribution References

  • Dunnet, G.M. & Mardon, D.K. 1974. A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 30: 1-273 [81]
  • Holland, G.P. 1969. Contribution towards a monograph of the fleas of New Guinea. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 61: 1-77 [14]