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Species Aedes (Rhinoskusea) longirostris (Leicester, 1908)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Widespread Oriental Region.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult occasionally bites humans in jungle; larval types of the synonym Uranotaenia hilli found in crab holes in mangrove swamps; larva also found in mud pools in mangrove swamps, earth drains, brackish pools and large artificial containers such as tins, canoes etc. in the tidal zone.

 

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
20-Apr-2012 20-Apr-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)