Distribution

States

Queensland

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)

History of changes

• Pseudoskusea cairnsensis Taylor, F.H. 1919. Contributions to a knowledge of Australian Culicidae. No. iv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 43: 826-843 [829].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC ♀ adults (number of syntypes not stated in original description), Cairns, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Culex cairnsensis (Taylor, 1919). —
  Mattingly, P.F. & Marks, E.N. 1955. Some Australian mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) of the subgenera Pseudoskusea and Neoculex. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 80: 163-176 [166]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: nothing known.

General References

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Debenham, M.L., Griffiths, M., Bryan, J.H. & Marks, E.N. 1988. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Culex. (Subgenera Lutzia, Neocluex, Subgenus undecided). Genera Culiseta, Ficalbia, Heizmannia, Hodgesia, Malaya, Mansonia. University of Queensland and University of Sydney in collaboration with Commonwealth Department of Community Services & Health. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 9 162 pp. [41] (literature, distribution, biology)

History of changes