Species Aedes (Ochlerotatus) calcariae Marks, 1957
- Aedes (Ochlerotatus) calcariae Marks, E.N. 1957. The subgenus Ochlerotatus in the Australian Region (Diptera: Culicidae) I. Notes on classification, with the description of a new species. Papers of the Department of Entomology University of Queensland 1: 71-83 [74].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ adult, Calcaria, near Lake Eliza, 7 miles S of Robe, SA.
Paratype(s) ANIC 22♂ 13♀ adults, 6 morphotype larvae (♂ 2♀ paratypes with associated larval skins and 1 larval skin associated with pupa); EUQ 6♂ 4♀ adults and 1 larva (one ♂ adult with correlated skins); QM ♂ ♀ adults; ANIC(MMUS) ♂ ♀ adults; NMV ♂ ♀ adults; USNM ♂ ♀ adults; SAMA ♂ ♀ adults; BMNH 2♂ ♀ adults and 1 larva.
Generic Combinations
- Aedes (Ochlerotatus) calcariae Marks, 1957. —
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 (Pholeomyia) calcariae (Marks, 1957). —
Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. & Kitching, I.J. 2008 [2007]. Phylogeny and classification of Ochlerotatus and allied taxa (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) based on morphological data from all life stages. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153: 29-114 [Date published 2008] [112]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: aquatic.
Extra Ecological Information
Adult day-biting and attacks rabbits and occasionally humans; larva found in shaded ground pools but more often associated with rabbit and crayfish holes (or possibly wombat burrows) and pits under fallen tree roots; all larvae found in South Australia have been in or associated with flooded rabbit holes with fresh water contaminated with rabbit faeces.
General References
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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21-Sep-2016 | AEDINI | 22-Jun-2016 | MODIFIED | |
07-Oct-2011 | 07-Oct-2011 | MOVED | ||
20-Apr-2012 | 15-Jun-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |