New Zealand bat flea
New Zealand bat flea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Siphonaptera |
Family: | Ischnopsyllidae |
Genus: | Porribius |
Species: | P. pacificus |
Binomial name | |
Porribius pacificus Jordan, 1946[1] | |
The New Zealand bat flea (Porribius pacificus) is a threatened species of flea endemic to New Zealand. The species was first described in 1946 from samples collected near Masterton in 1915, and from chocolate wattled bats on Pelorus Island.[1]
It is adapted to living with the New Zealand long-tailed bat; like this bat species, the flea's closest relatives are in Australia, and its ancestor is likely to have colonised New Zealand from Australia with its host within the last 2 million years.[2] It has also been recorded as living on the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat, but these occurrences are thought to be accidental.[3]
The New Zealand bat flea was given by the Department of Conservation a status of "Nationally Vulnerable" in 2015.[4]
References
- 1 2 Jordan, H.E.K. (1946). "On a new genus and species of bat-fleas from the Pelorus Islands and New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 76: 208–210.
- ↑ Meduna, Veronika (2007). "Bats - Lesser short-tailed bats and long-tailed bats". Te Ara – Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ↑ Smit, F.G.A.M. (1979). "The Fleas of New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 9: 143–232.
- ↑ Heath, Allen C.G.; Stringer, I. A. N.; Hitchmough, Rod A.; Rolfe, Jeremy (2015). "Conservation status of New Zealand fleas, 2014" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 12: 1–5. ISSN 2324-1713.
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