Species 'Ochlerotatus' ('Finlaya') subauridorsum (Marks, 1948)
- Aedes (Finlaya) subauridorsum Marks, E.N. 1948. Studies of Queensland mosquitoes. Part III. The Aëdes (Finlaya) australiensis group. Papers of the Department of Biology University of Queensland 2(8): 1-42 [28].
Type data:
Holotype EUQ ♀ adult (with associated pupal skins), Mt Mowbullan, Bunya Mountains, QLD.
Paratype(s) EUQ ♂ adult, 2 morphotype larvae (adult ♂ with associated pupal skins).
Generic Combinations
- 'Ochlerotatus' ('Finlaya') subauridorsum (Marks, 1948). —
Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. & Kitching, I.J. 2004. Phylogeny and classification of Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae), based on morphological characters of all life stages. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 142: 289-368 [361]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: aquatic, tree hole.
Extra Ecological Information
Adult a diurnal biter and attacks humans in open rainforest; type specimens reared from pupae taken from a cavity in a tree; immature stages found in cavity in trunk of living tree, rot hole in post, hollow bloodwood stump, hollow stump of Angophora [Myrtaceae] in eucalypt forest, tree hole in a box-tree and a log groove.
General References
Reinert, J.F. & Harbach, R.E. 2005. Generic and subgeneric status of aedine mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) occurring in the Australasian region. Zootaxa 887: 1-10
History of changes
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