Stephanocircus domrowi, the goblin flea, is a critically endangered insect endemic to the Australian state of Victoria.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. It is host specific, and lives only with the co-endangered Leadbeater's possum.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. Although it has been suggested as a good candidate species for conservation, there is presently no work directed towards its conservation.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. 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.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. 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.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.
See also Conservation-induced extinction
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