Overview
A world-wide family of fleas parasitising bats. There are 4 genera in Australia.
Porribius
has 4 species, 2 of which are endemic Australian, both widely distributed on various microchiropteran hosts.
Coorilla
is endemic with 3 species, all from molossid bats in eastern Australia.
Lagaropsylla
has 18 species, distributed in the Ethopian, Oriental and Australian regions; one species,
L
.
mera
, occurs in Australia, and also in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Serendipsylla
is endemic and monotypic, with
S
.
marshalli
described from
Macroderma
gigas
.