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Species Aedes (Ochlerotatus) procax (Skuse, 1889)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: pest, volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult readily attacks humans in bush areas but also feeds on rabbits, possums, cattle, sheep, fowl and marsupials; minor pest near some forested areas; possible vector of myxomatosis; isolation of Ross River virus from specimens collected on the north coast of NSW; larva found in casual ground pools in bushland and sometimes heathland.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)