Acanthopsylla scintilla (lat.) Is a flea species from the family Pygiopsyllidae . Endemic to Australia, described by the English entomologist Miriam Louise Rothschild [1] .
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Description
They are found in the southwest of Western Australia , in New South Wales , Victoria , South Australia and Tasmania [2] . The length of the males is about 2 mm, the females are 2.5–3.2 mm. [1] Ectoparasites of mammals, mainly marsupials . The host list includes Cercartetus concinnus (Gould, 1845) ( Burramyidae ), Cercartetus lepidus (Thomas, 1888) ( Burramyidae ), Cercartetus nanus (Desmarest, 1818) ( Burramyidae ), Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800) ( Dasyuridae ), Resus f Waterhouse, 1839) ( Muridae ) [3] .
Systematics
There are 3 subspecies: [4]
- Subspecies Acanthopsylla scintilla rectangulata Holland, 1971 [5]
- Subspecies Acanthopsylla scintilla scintilla (M. Rothschild, 1936) [1]
- Subspecies Acanthopsylla scintilla tasmanica Holland, 1971
See also
- Acanthopsylla franklinensis
- Pseudopulex
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Rothschild, M. 1936. Siphonaptera from Western Australia. // Novitates Zoologicae (Zool. Museum Tring, UK) 40: 3-16.
- ↑ Acanthopsylla scintilla (M. Rothschild, 1936) - Environment.gov.au Archived March 30, 2011 on the Wayback Machine (English) (Retrieved August 23, 2011)
- ↑ Host taxa for Acanthopsylla scintilla - Environment.gov.au Archived April 5, 2011 to Wayback Machine (English) (Retrieved August 23, 2011)
- ↑ Medvedev SG Database of Fleas . Zoological Institute RAS. (English) (Retrieved August 23, 2011)
- ↑ Holland, GP 1971. Two new species and three new subspecies of Acanthopsylla from Australia, with some notes on the genus (Siphonaptera: Pygiopsyllidae). Canadian Entomologist 103: 213–234
Literature
- Dunnet, GM & Mardon, DK 1974. A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). // Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 30: 1-273.
- Mardon, DK 1981. An Illustrated Catalog of the Rothschild Collection of Fleas (Siphonaptera) in the British Museum (Natural History). // London: British Museum Vol. 6 viii 298 pp.
Links
- Acanthopsylla scintilla (English) information on the Encyclopedia of Life website (EOL). (Retrieved January 20, 2014)
- Acanthopsylla scintilla (M. Rothschild, 1936) : information on the BioLib website (Retrieved August 23, 2011)