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TWO NEW SPECIES AND THREE NEW SUBSPECIES OF ACANTHOPSYLLA FROM AUSTRALIA, WITH SOME NOTES ON THE GENUS (SIPHONAPTERA: PYGIOPSYLLIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

G. P. Holland
G. P. Holland
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agricultuie, Ottawa
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Abstract

The number of valid forms of Acanthopsylla Jordan and Rothschild in Australia now stands at 12 including, as new species, dunneti and incerta, and as new subspecies, rothschildi multidentata, scintilla rectangulata, and scintilla tasmanica. Descriptions are provided for these and notes and illustrations on some of the others. A. rothschildi victoriana is reduced to synonymy with A. r. rothschildi.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 103 , Issue 2 , February 1971 , pp. 213 - 234
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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