Xenopsylla nesiotes (Jordan & Rothschild, 1908:47)
Christmas Island flea
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Loemopsylla nesiotes Jordan & Rothschild, 1908:47 (basionym)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Kwak, 2018)
Last record: 1903 or before
Distribution
Christmas Island, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Jordan, Karl and Rothschild, N. C. (1908). Revision of the non-combed eyed Siphonaptera. Parasitology 1(1): 1-100, 7 pls.
Other references:
Jordan, K. (1932). Novit. zool. 38, 264
Kwak, Mackenzie L. (2018). Australia’s vanishing fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera): a case study in methods for the assessment and conservation of threatened flea species. Journal of Insect Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-018-0083-7
New, Tim R., Lambkin, K. J. and Calder, A. A. (1996). Zoological catalogue of Australia Volume 28 (Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, Mecoptera, Siphonaptera). Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.
Rothschild, N. Charles. (1911). Report on a Small Collection of Fleas from India and China. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 6(1): 43-44. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v6/i1/1911/163720
Rothschild, N. Charles. (1914). Insects-"Xenopsylla nesiotes" : A Correction. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 10(3): 215-215. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v10/i3/1914/163640
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