Species Anopheles (Anopheles) bancroftii Giles, 1902
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀ adult, Burpengary (as Burpengarry), QLD.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
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).
General References
Evenhuis, N.L. & Gon, S.M. III 1989. 22. Family Culicidae. pp. 191-218 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [192] (common incorrect subsequent spelling as bancrofti)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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20-Apr-2012 | 20-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |