Genus Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1901

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Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Edwards, F.W. 1932. Diptera. Fam. Culicidae. Genera Insectorum 194: 1-258 [59] (genus divided into three groups based on the length of female palpi)
• 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. Genera Maorigoeldia, Mimomyia, Opifex, Orthopodomyia, Topomyia, Toxorhynchites. 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. 10 105 pp. [57]

 

Introduction

None of the species in this genus are capable of sucking blood, and therefore do not transmit disease. Male and female adults feed mainly on nectar and other plant exudates, larvae are predacious on other mosquito larvae, and cannibalistic.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmotropical extending into temperate areas.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

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. Genera Maorigoeldia, Mimomyia, Opifex, Orthopodomyia, Topomyia, Toxorhynchites. 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. 10 105 pp. [56] (literature, taxonomy, distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
02-Nov-2011		02-Nov-2011	MOVED
20-Apr-2012		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)