Species Aedes (Leptosomatomyia) aurimargo Edwards, 1922

Museums

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• Aedes aurimargo Edwards, F.W. 1922. Mosquito notes.—III. Bulletin of Entomological Research 13: 75-102 [94] [originally described as Aedes (?Skusea) aurimargo].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, Moa Island, Torres Strait Islands, QLD.
• Leptosomatomyia lateralis Theobald, F.V. 1905. A catalogue of the Culicidae in the Hungarian National Museum with descriptions of new genera and species. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 3: 61-120 [110] [junior homonym of Leptosomatomyia lateralis (Meigen, 1818)].

  Type data:

   Holotype HNHM ♂ adult, Muina, (North-East) New Guinea (Irian Jaya).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Taylor, F.H. 1934. A Check List of the Culicidae of the Australian Region. Service Publication (School of Public Health and Tropcial Medicine) 1: 1-24 [21]
• 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. [40]

Generic Combinations

• Aedes (?Skusea) aurimargo Edwards, 1922. —
  Edwards, F.W. 1922. Mosquito notes.—III. Bulletin of Entomological Research 13: 75-102
• Leptosomatomyia aurimargo (Edwards, 1922). —
  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 [360]
• Aedes (Leptosomatomyia) aurimargo Edwards, 1922. —
  Edwards, F.W. 1924. A synopsis of the adult mosquitoes of the Australasian Region. Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 351-401 [389]
  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)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult attacks humans in the bush; larva found in shaded coconut shells, tree holes, bamboo stumps, cut bamboos and cavities (mainly from Poinciana [Caesalpiniaceae] trees).

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. [42] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement note regarding doubts about synonymy)

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. [40] (literature, distribution, biology)

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 [4]

Stone, A. 1957. Notes on types of mosquitoes in the Hungarian National Museum (Diptera, Culicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 50: 171-174 [173] (common incorrect subsequent spelling as Leptosomatomyia litoralis)

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