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Species Anopheles (Anopheles) bancroftii Giles, 1902

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult caught in light and animal-baited traps, attacks humans, cattle, dogs, pigs, horses, cats, kangaroos and fowl, potential vector of Plasmodium vivax (malaria) and Wuchereria bancrofti larvae (filariasis), isolation of Koongool, Kunjin, Eubenangee and Bovine ephemeral fever arboviruses from collections; larva found in shaded, heavily vegetated, permanent water collections such as freshwater hyacinth swamps, waterholes, stream margins, seepage ponds, rice fields, flowing streams and ponded streams, for extensive biological information see Lee et al. (1987: 35).

 

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