Stephanocircus domrowi | |
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Anterior section of Stephanocircus domrowi | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Siphonaptera |
Family: | Stephanocircidae |
Genus: | Stephanocircus |
Species: | S. domrowi
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Binomial name | |
Stephanocircus domrowi Traub & Dunnet, 1973
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Stephanocircus domrowi, the goblin flea, is a critically endangered insect endemic to the Australian state of Victoria. [1] It is host specific, and lives only with the co-endangered Leadbeater's possum. [2] Although it has been suggested as a good candidate species for conservation, there is presently no work directed towards its conservation. [3] 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. [4] 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. [5]
Stephanocircus domrowi | |
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Anterior section of Stephanocircus domrowi | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Siphonaptera |
Family: | Stephanocircidae |
Genus: | Stephanocircus |
Species: | S. domrowi
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Binomial name | |
Stephanocircus domrowi Traub & Dunnet, 1973
|
Stephanocircus domrowi, the goblin flea, is a critically endangered insect endemic to the Australian state of Victoria. [1] It is host specific, and lives only with the co-endangered Leadbeater's possum. [2] Although it has been suggested as a good candidate species for conservation, there is presently no work directed towards its conservation. [3] 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. [4] 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. [5]