Species Aedes (Finlaya) alocasicola Marks, 1947
- Aedes (Finlaya) alocasicola Marks, E.N. 1947. Studies of Queensland mosquitoes. 1. The Aëdes (Finlaya) kochi group with descriptions of new species from Queensland, Bougainville and Fiji. Papers of the Department of Biology University of Queensland 2(5): 1-66 [35].
Type data:
Holotype EUQ ♂ adult, Mount Glorious, QLD.
Paratype(s) EUQ 16♂ 7♀ adults, 4 morphotype larvae; ANIC 3♂ 3♀ adults, 2 morphotype larvae; BMNH ♂ ♀ adults and morphotype larva; USNM ♂ ♀ adults and morphotype larva; QM ♂ ♀ adults.
Generic Combinations
- Finlaya alocasicola (Marks, 1947). —
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 [358]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: aquatic, phytotelmata.
Extra Ecological Information
Found in rainforest and drier rainforest dominated by hoop pine, Araucaria cunninghamii L. [Araucariaceae], adult female bites humans; larva always breeding in axils of cunjevoi, Alocasia macrorrhiza Cunn. [Araceae] plants.
General References
Reinert, J.F. & Harbach, R.E. 2005. Generic and subgeneric status of aedine mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) occurring in the Australasian region. Zootaxa 887: 1-10
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
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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21-Sep-2016 | AEDINI | 16-Sep-2016 | MODIFIED | |
20-Apr-2012 | 20-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |