Stephanocircus domrowi

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

See also

• Conservation-induced extinction