Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Museums

Regional Maps

Species Aedes (Stegomyia) edwardsi (Barraud, 1923)

  • Type data:
     Holotype BMNH adult (specimen not present in the BMNH, see Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Debenham, M.L., Marks, E.N., Bryan, J.H. & Russell, R.C. 1989. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Culex. Subgenera Acallyntrum, Culex. Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 281 pp. [117]), Shillong, Assam, India.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult feeds on humans and chickens; isolation of Oak Vale ephemeral fever, Sindbis and Corriparta viruses from collections; adults taken in chicken-baited, light, Rothamstead and truck traps; larva found in grassy swamp areas, seepages from springs, swift-running drains from irrigated crops.

 

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 15-Jun-2016 MODIFIED
20-Sep-2011 20-Sep-2011 MOVED
20-Apr-2012 15-Jun-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)