Species Aedes (Patmarksia) palmarum Edwards, 1924

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• Aedes (Finlaya) palmarum Edwards, F.W. 1924. A synopsis of the adult mosquitoes of the Australasian Region. Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 351-401 [382].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ adult, Palm Island, QLD.

 

Generic Combinations

• Aedes (Patmarksia) palmarum Edwards, 1924. —
  Wilkerson, R.C., Linton, Y-M., Fonseca, D.M., Schultz, T.R., Price, D.C., & Strickman, D.A. 2015. Making mosquito taxonomy useful: a stable classification of tribe Aedini that balances utility with current knowledge of evolutionary relationships. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 10(7): e0133602 [appendix S1]
• Patmarksia palmarum (Edwards, 1924). —
  Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. & Kitching, I.J. 2006. Phylogeny and classification of Finlaya and allied taxa (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) based on morphological data from all life stages. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148: 1-101
• 'Ochlerotatus' ('Finlaya') palmarum (Edwards, 1924). —
  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

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult females collected biting humans during the day in rainforest close to breeding sites; larva commonly found in water lying in fallen palm fronds in dense shade in rainforest or palm groves, rusty tins, fallen leaves, tops of funnel-shaped fungi (Trametes versicolor L.), in fallen seed (`bean') pods, old snail shells, hollow segments of cut bamboo and flower spathes.

 

General References

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Russell, R.C. & Marks, E.N. 1982. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Aedeomyia. Genus Aedes. (Subgenera [Aedes], Aedimorphus, Chaetocruiomyia, Christophersiomyia, Edwardsaedes and Finlaya). Commonwealth Institute of Health. School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 2 286 pp. [224] (literature, distribution, biology)

Taylor, F.H. 1944. Contributions to a knowledge of Australian Culicidae. No. VII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 69: 120-128 [121] (mistaken synonymy with Aedes (F.) albitarsis (Taylor))

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Sep-2016	AEDINI	22-Jun-2016	MODIFIED
20-Sep-2011		20-Sep-2011	MOVED
20-Apr-2012		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)