Species Aedes (Ochlerotatus) phaecasiatus Marks, 1964

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• Aedes (Ochlerotatus) phaecasiatus Marks, E.N. 1964. The subgenus Ochlerotatus in the Australian Region (Diptera: Culicidae). VII. Four new species. Papers of the Department of Entomology University of Queensland 2: 59-71 [64].

  Type data:

   Holotype EUQ ♀ adult, 5 miles from Maningrida, Arnhem Land, NT.
  Paratype(s) EUQ ♀ adult.

 

Generic Combinations

• Aedes (Ochlerotatus) phaecasiatus Marks, 1964. —
  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 phaecasiatus (Marks, 1964). —
  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

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: nothing known.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult collected biting humans and from a malaise trap.

 

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. [175] (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
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)