Species Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sapiens Marks, 1964
- Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sapiens 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 [66].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, 20 miles N of Bourke, NSW.
Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ 11♀ adults; EUQ 4♀ adults; NMV ♀ adult; BMNH ♀ adult; USNM ♀ adult.
Generic Combinations
- Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sapiens 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 sapiens (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
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: aquatic.
Extra Ecological Information
Adult female is day-biting; pupae found in a roadside pool at the type locality.
General References
Williams, C.R. & Kokkinn, M.J. 2000. Records of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Cooper Basin of north-eastern South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 124: 45-47
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) |