Species Aedes (Ochlerotatus) spilotus Marks, 1963

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• Aedes (Ochlerotatus) spilotus Marks, E.N. 1963. The subgenus Ochlerotatus in the Australian Region (Diptera: Culicidae) V. The stricklandi section. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 2: 31-47 [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♀ adult, Cavendish, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV 6♂ 5♀ adults, 2 larvae, 5 larval and 8 pupal skins (3 larval and 3 pupal skins are linked to adults); EUQ 4♂ 2♀ adults, 1 larva, 3 larval and 5 pupal skins; ANIC 3♂ 2♀ adults, 1 larva, 2 larval and 4 pupal skins; SAMA ♂ ♀ adults, 1 larval and 1 pupal skin; BMNH 2♂ ♀ adults, 1 larval and 2 pupal skins; USNM ♂ ♀ adults, 1 larval and 1 pupal skin.

 

Generic Combinations

• Aedes (Ochlerotatus) spilotus Marks, 1963. —
  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 (Lepidokeneon) spilotus (Marks, 1963). —
  Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. & Kitching, I.J. 2009. Phylogeny and classification of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157(4): 700-794 [774]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult female day-biting and attacks humans and rabbits; minor role as vector of myxomatosis; larva found mostly in roadside excavations or ditches and in a waterhole in a watercourse, all with some emergent vegetation present.

 

General References

Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1965. The Mosquitoes of Victoria. (Diptera, Culicidae). Melbourne : Melbourne University Press 237 pp.

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. [196] (literature, distribution, biology)

Marks, E.N. 1963. The subgenus Ochlerotatus in the Australian Region (Diptera: Culicidae) V. The stricklandi section. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 2: 31-47

Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. & Kitching, I.J. 2009. Phylogeny and classification of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157(4): 700-794

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Sep-2016	AEDINI	22-Jun-2016	MODIFIED
20-Sep-2011		20-Sep-2011	MOVED
20-Apr-2012		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)