Species Aedes (Ochlerotatus) luteifemur Edwards, 1926
- Aedes (Ochlerotatus) luteifemur Edwards, F.W. 1926. Mosquito notes.—VI. Bulletin of Entomological Research 17: 101-131 [112].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, Advent Bay, TAS.
Paratype(s) BMNH 5♀ adults; ANIC 2♀ adults.
Generic Combinations
- Aedes (Ochlerotatus) luteifemur (Edwards, 1926). —
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 luteifemur (Edwards, 1926). —
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] [113] (Unplaced to subgenus)
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Flinders Island, King Island.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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: pest, volant.
Larva: aquatic.
Extra Ecological Information
Adult female day-biting and readily attacks humans, rabbits and poultry close to larval habitats; nuisance pest close to habitats; larva found in rainwater-filled ground pools with or without vegetation, in sparse bushland, pits of uprooted trees in heavily timbered woodlands, tea-tree and grassy swamps and temporary surface waters.
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 | |
19-Apr-2012 | 19-Apr-2012 | MOVED | ||
22-Nov-2011 | 22-Nov-2011 | MOVED | ||
22-Nov-2011 | 22-Nov-2011 | MOVED | ||
25-Oct-2011 | 25-Oct-2011 | MOVED | ||
21-Sep-2016 | 25-Oct-2011 | MOVED | ||
25-Oct-2011 | 25-Oct-2011 | MOVED | ||
20-Apr-2012 | 15-Jun-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |