Global InformationUropsylla tasmanica information
| Uropsylla tasmanica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Siphonaptera |
| Family: | Lycopsyllidae |
| Genus: | Uropsylla |
| Species: | U. tasmanica
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| Binomial name | |
| Uropsylla tasmanica Rothschild, 1905
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Uropsylla tasmanica is a species of flea in the insect order Siphonaptera endemic to Australia.[1][2][3] It belongs to the subfamily Uropsyllinae that is placed either in the family Lycopsyllidae[4] or Pygiopsyllidae.[1]
Uropsylla tasmanica occurs in Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria, southern Western Australia,[1] and southern Queensland.[3] They are known to feed on marsupials, most notably dasyurid such as Tasmanian devils and quolls, and have been suggested to live on the now-extinct Tasmanian tiger.[2][5] The larvae are endoparasitic, living subcutaneously and consuming subdermal tissue.[2][3]
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GBIFwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Green, R. H. (1993). "The Fleas of Tasmania" (PDF).