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Species Stephanopsylla thomasi (Rothschild, 1903)

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Species Stephanopsylla thomasi (Rothschild, 1903)

  • Stephanocircus thomasi Rothschild, N.C. 1903. Further contributions to the knowledge of Siphonaptera. Novitates Zoologicae 10: 317-325 [318].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH ♀, Barrow Is., WA.
    Type host:
     Pseudomys nanus (Gould, 1858) [MURIDAE] (as Mus ferculinus)

 

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

Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Antechinus flavipes (Waterhouse, 1838) [DASYURIDAE] Yellow-footed Antechinus; Bettongia penicillata Gray, 1837 [POTOROIDAE] Brush-tailed Bettong; Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793) [DASYURIDAE] Brush-tailed Phascogale; Phascogale calura Gould, 1844 [DASYURIDAE] Red-tailed Phascogale; Pseudomys nanus (Gould, 1858) [MURIDAE] Western Chestnut Mouse; Bettongia lesueur (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [POTOROIDAE] Burrowing Bettong), sanguinivore.

 

General References

Smit, F.G.A.M. 1973. The male of Stephanopsylla thomasi (Siphonaptera: Macropsyllidae). Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam) 33: 215-217