Species Aedes (Macleaya) tremulus (Theobald, 1903)

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• Macleaya tremula Theobald, F.V. 1903. Two new Australian culicids. The Entomologist 36: 154-157 [155].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 3♂ 8♀ adults, QLD (as South Queensland).
• Danielsia minuta Taylor, F.H. 1912. [Appendix] II.- Description of mosquitoes collected in the Northern Territory during the Expedition, 1911. Bulletin of the Northern Territory 1a: 25-34 [30] [junior homonym of Danielsia minuta Theobald, 1910].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ adult, Wandi, NT.
• Danielsia alboannulata Taylor, F.H. 1912. [Appendix] II.- Description of mosquitoes collected in the Northern Territory during the Expedition, 1911. Bulletin of the Northern Territory 1a: 25-34 [31] [junior homonym of Aedes alboannulatus Macquart, 1850].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ adult (specimen destroyed according to Edwards, F.W. 1924. A synopsis of the adult mosquitos of the Australasian Region. Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 351–401 [385]), Wandi, NT.
• Aedimorphus australis 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 [457] [junior secondary homonym of Culex australis Erichson, 1842].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, Townsville, QLD.
• Aedimorphus australis darwini 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 [458] [as Aedimorphus australis var. darwini].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ adult, Darwin, NT.
• Mimetomyia doddi Taylor, F.H. 1919. Contributions to a knowledge of Australian Culicidae. No. iv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 43: 826-843 [831].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ALA ♂ ♀ adults (number of specimens not stated in original description), Itikinumu Plantation, Papua New Guinea.

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 [385]
• 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. [64] (details of each taxonomic decision for synonymy)

Generic Combinations

• Macleaya (Macleaya) tremula Theobald, 1903. —
  Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. & Kitching, I.J. 2006. Phylogeny and classification of Finlaya and allied taxa (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) based on morphological data from all life stages. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148: 1-101 [93]
• 'Ochlerotatus' ('Macleaya') tremulus (Theobald, 1903) [sensu auctorum]. —
  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 [362]
• Aedes (Macleaya) tremulus (Theobald, 1903). —
  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. [10.94]
  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

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: pest, volant.

Larva: aquatic, tree hole.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult fierce biter and feeds on humans, goats, chickens, sheep, horses, rabbits and cattle; minor domestic pest in some areas; isolation of Kunjin virus from Ord River, WA; possible and likely vector of myxomatosis in the arid zone of South Australia; essentially a tree cavity breeding species; larva found in tree holes, stump and log cavities, rot holes, dams, rock pools, deep wells, tree holes in Poinciana [Caesalpiniaceae] and artificial containers such as tanks, tyres and tins.

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. [64] (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. [10.94] (biology)

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