Species Aedes (Ochlerotatus) camptorhynchus (Thomson, 1869)

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• Culex camptorhynchus Thomson, C.G. 1869. Diptera. Species nova descripsit. pp. 443-614 in Unknown (ed.). Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jordan under befl af C.A. Virgin, Âren 1851-1853. Vol. 2 (Zoologi), [section] 1, (Insecta). Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt & Sner 617 pp. [443].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♀ adult, Sydney, NSW.
• Culex labeculosus Coquillett, D.W. 1905. A new Culex from Australia. Entomological News 16: 116 [116].

  Type data:

   Lectotype USNM ♂ adult, Goode Island, VIC.
  Paralectotype(s) USNM ♂ 6♀ adults.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Stone, A. & Knight, K.L. 1956. Type specimens of mosquitoes in the United States National Museum: II. The genus Aedes (Diptera, Culicidae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46: 213-228 [220].
• Culicelsa westralis Strickland, E.H. 1911. Some new Culicidae from Western Australia, South Queensland, and Tasmania. New species found in a small collection of mosquitoes from Western Australia. The Entomologist 44: 130-134 [130].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 3♀ adults, King's Park, Perth, WA and Port River, Adelaide, SA.
• Culicada inornata Strickland, E.H. 1911. Some new Culicidae from Western Australia, South Queensland, and Tasmania. New species found in a small collection of mosquitoes from Tasmania (continued). The Entomologist 44: 201-204 [201].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 2♀ adults, TAS.
• Culicada nigra Taylor, F.H. 1914. The Culicidae of Australia.—I. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1913: 683-708 [688] [junior primary homonym of Culicada nigra Giles, 1904].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC 2♂ adults, Launceston, TAS.
• Culicada annulipes Taylor, F.H. 1914. The Culicidae of Australia.—I. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1913: 683-708 [693] [junior primary homonym of Culicada annulipes Meigen, 1830].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC ♀ adults (number of specimens not stated in original description), Flinders Island, Launceston, TAS and Melbourne, VIC.
• Culicada victoriensis Taylor, F.H. 1914. Contributions to a knowledge of Australian Culicidae. No. i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 454-468 [460].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, Toorak, VIC.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Edwards, F.W. 1924. A synopsis of the adult mosquitoes of the Australasian Region. Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 351-401 [374]
• 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. [133] (details of each taxonomic decision for synonymy)

 

Generic Combinations

• Aedes (Ochlerotatus) camptorhynchus (Thomson, 1869). —
  Hill, G.F. 1925. The distribution of anopheline mosquiitoes in the Australian Region, with notes on some Culicine species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 37(1): 63-77 [71]
  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 camptorhynchus (Thomson, 1869). —
  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, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Flinders Island, King Island.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: pest, volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult a vicious biter, readily attacking humans, domestic animals and birds; major pest in coastal areas of Victoria, Tasmania and parts of South Australia but less important in New South Wales; laboratory vector of Ross River virus and capable of carrying Murray Valley encephalitis virus under laboratory conditions, also canine heartworm (Dirofilaria sp.); vector of myxomatosis in rabbits and Eperythrozoon ovis, a blood parasite of sheep which causes anaemia; isolation of Ross River virus from specimens collected in east Gippsland, VIC and the east coast of Tasmania; larva typically found in brackish to freshwater ground pools; associated with coastal swamps and bushland; for extensive biological information see Lee et al. (1982: 136).

 

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. [133] (literature, distribution, biology)

Russell, R.C. 1993. Mosquitoes and Mosquito-borne Disease in Southeastern Australia. A guide to the biology, relation to disease, surveillance, control and the identification of mosquitoes in southeastern Australia. New South Wales : Published privately by Department of Medical Entomology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead 195 pp. [10.31] (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
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)