Species Aedes (Stegomyia) scutellaris (Walker, 1858)

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• Culex scutellaris Walker, F. 1858. Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected in the Aru Islands by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species [part]. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 3: 77-110 [77].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ adult (specimen is in bad condition, see Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Debenham, M.L., Bryan, J.H., Russell, R.C., Geary, M. & Marks, E.N. 1987. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Aedes. Subgenera II. Scutomyia, Stegomyia, Verrallina. Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 4 324 pp. [211]), Aru Ils, Moluccas (Maluku), Indonesia.
• Culex variegatus Doleschall, C.L. 1858. Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der dipteren fauna van Nederlandsch Indië. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 17: 73-128 [77] [junior primary homonym of Culex variegatus Schrank, 1781].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ?♀ adult (not found in the NHMW and presumed lost, see Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Debenham, M.L., Bryan, J.H., Russell, R.C., Geary, M. & Marks, E.N. 1987. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Aedes. Subgenera II. Scutomyia, Stegomyia, Verrallina. Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 4 324 pp. [211]), Ambon, Indonesia (as Amboina Island, Moluccas).
• Culex zonatipes Walker, F. 1861. Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Dorey, New Guinea, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 5: 229-254 [Date published 27 March] [229].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ adult (described as a male), Dorey ('Dor' or Doré), Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Debenham, M.L., Bryan, J.H., Russell, R.C., Geary, M. & Marks, E.N. 1987. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Aedes. Subgenera II. Scutomyia, Stegomyia, Verrallina. Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 4 324 pp. [211] (details of each taxonomic decision for synonymy)

Generic Combinations

• Stegomyia scutellaris (Walker, 1858). —
  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
• Aedes (Stegomyia) scutellaris (Walker, 1858). —
  Edwards, F.W. 1932. Diptera. Fam. Culicidae. Genera Insectorum 194: 1-258 [165]
  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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: pest, volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult a common day-biter and readily attacks humans; adults caught in window traps; considered the probable vector of Dengue in the Madang area of Papua New Guinea; larva found in cavities in buttress roots, papaya, spathes and leaves, fallen coconut fronds, leaf axils of taro and Pandanus [Pandanaceae], tree holes of mangrove and Poinciana [Caesalpiniaceae] trees, bamboo stumps, split bamboo, coconut shells and husks, clam shells, crab holes, rot holes, lava rock, pools in coral stone, transient pools, puddles and artificial containers such as barrels, cans, oil drums, drains and wells; for extensive biological information see Lee et al. (1987: 224).

General References

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Debenham, M.L., Bryan, J.H., Russell, R.C., Geary, M. & Marks, E.N. 1987. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Aedes. Subgenera II. Scutomyia, Stegomyia, Verrallina. Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 4 324 pp. [211] (literature, distribution, biology)

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