Species Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sapiens Marks, 1964

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• Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sapiens 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 [66].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, 20 miles N of Bourke, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ 11♀ adults; EUQ 4♀ adults; NMV ♀ adult; BMNH ♀ adult; USNM ♀ adult.

 

Generic Combinations

• Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sapiens 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 sapiens (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

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult female is day-biting; pupae found in a roadside pool at the type locality.

 

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. [193] (literature, distribution, biology)

Williams, C.R. & Kokkinn, M.J. 2000. Records of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Cooper Basin of north-eastern South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 124: 45-47

 

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)