Species Aedes (Ochlerotatus) explorator Marks, 1964

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• Aedes (Ochlerotatus) explorator Marks, E.N. 1964. The subgenus Ochlerotatus in the Australian Region (Diptera: Culicidae). VII. Four new species. Papers of the Department of Entomology University of Queensland 2: 59-71 [60].

  Type data:

   Holotype EUQ ♀ adult, Mt Olga, 300 miles SW of Alice Springs, NT.
  Paratype(s) EUQ 6♀ adults; ANIC 2♀ adults; SAMA ♀ adult; BMNH ♀ adult; USNM ♀ adult.

 

Generic Combinations

• Aedes (Ochlerotatus) explorator Marks, 1964. —
  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]
• Ochlerotatus explorator (Marks, 1964). —
  Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. & Kitching, I.J. 2008 [2007]. Phylogeny and classification of Ochlerotatus and allied taxa (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) based on morphological data from all life stages. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153: 29-114 [Date published 2008] [113] (Unplaced to subgenus)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Great Sandy Desert (GSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult female bites humans along another small watercourse amongst the domes of Mt Olga, NT; larva collected in a small watercourse from a rock pool with grass and green algae.

 

General References

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Russell, R.C. & Marks, E.N. 1984. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Aedes. Subgenera Geoskusea, Halaedes, Huaedes, Leptosomatomyia, Levua, Lorrainea, Macleaya, Mucidus, Neomelaniconion, Nothoskusea, Ochlerotatus, Paraedes, Pseudoskusea, Rhinoskusea. Commonwealth Institute of Health. School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 3 257 pp. [148] (literature, distribution, biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Sep-2016	AEDINI	22-Jun-2016	MODIFIED
19-Apr-2012		19-Apr-2012	MOVED
22-Nov-2011		22-Nov-2011	MOVED
22-Nov-2011		22-Nov-2011	MOVED
25-Oct-2011		25-Oct-2011	MOVED
21-Sep-2016		25-Oct-2011	MOVED
25-Oct-2011		25-Oct-2011	MOVED
20-Apr-2012		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)