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 the conservation status of "Nationally Vulnerable" by the Department of Conservation in 2015.[4]
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^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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