Species Aedes (Ochlerotatus) purpuriventris Edwards, 1926
- Aedes (Ochlerotatus) purpuriventris Edwards, F.W. 1926. Mosquito notes.—VI. Bulletin of Entomological Research 17: 101-131 [113].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ adult, Eaglehawk Neck, TAS.
Generic Combinations
- Aedes (Ochlerotatus) purpuriventris 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 (Pholeomyia) purpuriventris (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] [112]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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: volant.
Larva: aquatic.
Extra Ecological Information
Adult attacks humans; larva found in shaded ground pools with deep pits, pools under uprooted trees and flooded rabbit warrens.
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) |