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Species Aedes (Ochlerotatus) nivalis Edwards, 1926

  • Type data:
     Syntype(s) BMNH 4 adults (the three specimens from Marysville were misidentified as Culex australis Erichson, 1842 by Theobald, F.V. 1901. A Monograph of the Culicidae or Mosquitoes. Mainly compiled from the collections received at the British Museum from various parts of the world in connection with the investigation into the cause of malaria conducted by the Colonial Office and the Royal Society. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. II viii 391 pp. [91]), Marysville, VIC and Mount Wellington, TAS.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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 a vicious biter and attacks humans, sheep and rabbits; larva found in ground pools, water beneath an ice sheet, shallow pools with decayed leaves, temporary water surfaces and deep pools in sparse bush or clearing, moorland and sedgeland country.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
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)