Species Aedes (Macleaya) spinosipes Edwards, 1922

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aedes (Chaetocruiomyia) spinosipes Edwards, F.W. 1922. Mosquito notes.—III. Bulletin of Entomological Research 13: 75-102 [92] [nom. nov. for Chaetocruiomyia sylvestris Theobald, 1910].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Chaetocruiomyia sylvestris Theobald, F.V. 1910. A Monograph of the Culicidae or Mosquitoes. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 5 646 pp. [196] [junior secondary homonym of Culex sylvestris Theobald, 1901 (= Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen, 1830)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH ♀ adult (number of syntypes not stated in original description), Kuranda, QLD; whereabouts unknown ♀ adult, Kuranda, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Edwards, F.W. 1922. Mosquito notes.—III. Bulletin of Entomological Research 13: 75-102 [92]

 

Generic Combinations

• Macleaya (Chaetocruiomyia) spinosipes (Edwards, 1922). —
  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 [93]
• 'Ochlerotatus' ('Chaetocruiomyia') spinosipes (Edwards, 1922). —
  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]
• Aedes (Macleaya) spinosipes Edwards, 1922. —
  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]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: nothing known.

Extra Ecological Information

Inhabits rainforest, adult females are day-biting close to rainforest.

 

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. [58] (literature, distribution, biology)

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 (taxonomy, systematics, cladistics)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Sep-2016	AEDINI	22-Jun-2016	MODIFIED
21-Sep-2016		11-Oct-2011	MOVED
20-Apr-2012		08-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)