Species Aedes (Molpemyia) pecuniosa Edwards, 1922

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• Aedes pecuniosus Edwards, F.W. 1922. Mosquito notes.—III. Bulletin of Entomological Research 13: 75-102 [94].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ adult, Port Darwin, NT.

Generic Combinations

• Aedes (Molpemyia) pecuniosa Edwards, 1922. —
  Reinert, J.F. 1993. Redescription of Molpemyia, and its revalidation as a subgenus of Aedes (Diptera: Culicudae). Mosquito Systematics 25(1): 41-63 [51]
  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 (Molpemyia) pecuniosa (Edwards, 1922). —
  Reinert, J.F. 2000. New classification for the composite genus Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini), elevation of subgenus Ochlerotatus to generic rank, reclassification of the other subgenera, and notes on certain subgenera and species. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 16: 175-188 [179]
• Molpemyia pecuniosa (Edwards, 1922). —
  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' ('Molpemyia') pecuniosa (Edwards, 1922) [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 (Finlaya) pecuniosa Edwards, 1922. —
  Edwards, F.W. 1924. A synopsis of the adult mosquitoes of the Australasian Region. Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 351-401 [380]

Introduction

Taylor 1944, synonymized this species with Molpemyia purpureus, however it was revalidated by Reinert 1988.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Reinert, J.F. 1988. Description of the holotypes of Aedes (Finlaya) purpureus and Ae. (Fin.) pecuniosus with a revalidation of the later species (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics 20(1): 55-68 [59]

Taylor, F.H. 1944. Contributions to a knowledge of Australian Culicidae. No. VII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 69: 120-128 [123]

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