Open AccessFOUR NEW PULICID FLEAS (SIPHONAPTERA) FROM AUSTRALIA
Author(s) -
Mardon D. K.,
Dunnet* G. M.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1971.tb00020.x
Subject(s) - xenopsylla , biology , zoology , flea , ecology
Three new species of Echidnophaga Olliff, 1886, E. calabyi, E. octotricha and E. eyrei. the latter two of them known from females only, are described from wombats in South Australia and Victoria, and a new species of the cheopis group of Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz , 1907, X. australiaca. is described from rodents from Victoria and Western Australia.