THE FIRST RECORD OF THE NATIVE FLEA ACANTHOPSYLLA ROTHSCHILDI RAINBOW, 1905 (SIPHONAPTERA: PYGIOPSYLLIDAE) FROM THE ENDANGERED TASMANIAN DEVIL (SARCOPHILUS HARRISIIBOITARD, 1841), WITH A REVIEW OF THE FLEAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TASMANIAN DEVIL

摘要

The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii Boitard) is a conservation icon presently subject to intensive captive breeding efforts in an effort to prevent its extinction. The first record of infestation by the native flea Acanthopsylla rothschildi Rainbow is reported from a captive group of Tasmanian devils at Healesville sanctuary, Victoria.