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Stephanocircus domrowi
Anterior section of Stephanocircus domrowi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Stephanocircidae
Genus: Stephanocircus
Species: S. domrowi
Binomial name
Stephanocircus domrowi
Traub & Dunnet, 1973

Stephanocircus domrowi, the goblin flea, is a critically endangered insect endemic to the Australian state of Victoria. It is host specific, and lives only with the co-endangered Leadbeater's possum. Although it has been suggested as a good candidate species for conservation, there is presently no work directed towards its conservation. The key threat factor driving the decline of the Leadbeater's possum, and by extension the co-endangered goblin flea, is logging in the mountain ash forests of the Victorian central highlands. To avoid extinction, a number of conservation steps will need to be taken including amalgamating the goblin flea into the captive breeding program for its host at Healesville Sanctuary.

See also

References

  1. Kwak, M.L., 2018. Australia’s vanishing fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera): a case study in methods for the assessment and conservation of threatened flea species. Journal of Insect Conservation, pp.1-6.
  2. Dunnet, G.M. and Mardon, D.K., 1974. A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series, 22(30), pp.1-273.
  3. Kwak, M.L., 2018. Australia’s vanishing fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera): a case study in methods for the assessment and conservation of threatened flea species. Journal of Insect Conservation, pp.1-6.
  4. Lindenmayer, D.B., Blair, D., McBurney, L. and Banks, S.C., 2016. Ignoring the science in failing to conserve a faunal icon–major political, policy and management problems in preventing the extinction of Leadbeater’s possum. Pacific Conservation Biology, 21(4), pp.257-265.
  5. Kwak, M.L., 2018. Australia’s vanishing fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera): a case study in methods for the assessment and conservation of threatened flea species. Journal of Insect Conservation, pp.1-6.
Taxon identifiers
Stephanocircus domrowi


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