Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Acedestia chera Jordan, 1937

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Species Acedestia chera Jordan, 1937

  • Acedestia chera Jordan, K. 1937. On some Australian Siphonaptera. Novitates Zoologicae 40: 311-315 [313].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH ♀, Mahogany Creek, Perth, WA.
    Paratype(s) SAMA (?) ♀.
    Type host:
     Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE]

 

Distribution

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

SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • South Australia: S Gulfs
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Potorous tridactylus (Kerr, 1792) [POTOROIDAE] Long-nosed Potoroo; Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot; Perameles sp. [PERAMELIDAE] Bandicoot), sanguinivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Possible nest flea.

 

General References

Dunnet, G.M. & Mardon, D.K. 1974. A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 30: 1-273 [100] (description of male)