Species Aedes (Neomelaniconion) lineatopenne (Ludlow, 1905)

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• Taeniorhynchus lineatopennis Ludlow, C.S. 1905. Mosquito notes.—No. 3. The Canadian Entomologist 37: 94-102, 129-135 [publication split: pp. 94–102, March; pp. 129–35, April] [133].

  Type data:

   Lectotype USNM ♀ adult, Camp Gregg, Bayambang, Pangasian, Luzon, Philippine Ils.
  Paralectotype(s) USNM 2♀ adults.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Knight, K.L. & Hull, W.B. 1953. The Aedes mosquitoes of the Philippine Islands. III. Subgenera Aedimorphus, Banksinella, Aedes and Cancraedes (Diptera, Culicidae). Pacific Science 7: 453-481 [468].
• Pseudohowardina linealis Taylor, F.H. 1913. Report of the entomologist. Reports of the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine 1911: 49-74 [57].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC ♀ adults (number of specimens not stated in original description), Ching Do and Townsville, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Taylor, F.H. 1916. Contributions to a knowledge of Australian Culicidae. No. iii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 564-574 [571] (as Banksinella lineatopennis (Ludlow, 1905))

 

Generic Combinations

• Aedes linealis (Taylor, 1913). —
  Stone, A. 1961. A synoptic catalog of the mosquitoes of the world, supplement I (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 63(1): 29-52 [42]
• Neomelaniconion lineatopenne (Ludlow, 1905). —
  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]
• Banksinella lineatopennis (Ludlow, 1905). —
  Taylor, F.H. 1916. Contributions to a knowledge of Australian Culicidae. No. iii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 564-574 [571]
• Aedes (Banksinella) lineatopennis (Ludlow, 1905). —
  Edwards, F.W. 1922. A synopsis of adult Oriental Culicine (including Megarhinine and Sabethine) mosquitoes. Part II. Indian Journal of Medical Research 10(2): 430-475 [466]
• Aedes (Neomelaniconion) lineatopennis (Ludlow, 1905). —
  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. [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

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread Afrotropical and Oriental Regions.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult attacks humans, cattle, pigs and horses; isolation of Tembusu virus from specimens collected in Malaysia; larva found in transient, rain-filled, grassy ground pools.

 

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. [94] (literature, distribution, biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Sep-2016	AEDINI	22-Jun-2016	MODIFIED
20-Apr-2012		19-Nov-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)