Species Culiseta (Culicella) otwayensis (Dobrotworsky, 1960)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Theobaldia otwayensis Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1960. The genus Theobaldia (Diptera, Culicidae) in Victoria. II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 85: 240-247 [246].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♂ adult (with associated larval and pupal skins), Cape Horn, VIC.

 

Generic Combinations

• Culiseta (Culicella) otwayensis (Dobrotworsky, 1960). —
  Stone, A. 1961. A synoptic catalog of the mosquitoes of the world, supplement I (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 63(1): 29-52 [44]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva found in cool, shaded pool under a fallen tree.

 

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. [63] (literature, distribution, biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Apr-2012		20-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)