Species Anopheles (Anopheles) colledgei Marks, 1956

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• Anopheles colledgei Marks, E.N. 1956. A new species of Anopheles from Queensland and notes on related species (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 67: 41-52 [41].

  Type data:

   Holotype EUQ ♀ adult (with associated larval and pupal skins), Rex Creek, Mossman, QLD.
  Paratype(s) EUQ 13♂ 8♀ adults, 14 morphotype larvae; BMNH ♂ ♀ adults, 2 larvae; USNM ♂ ♀ adults, 2 larvae; ANIC 2♂ 2♀ adults, 4 larvae; QM ♂ ♀ adults, 2 larvae; MMUS ♂ ♀ adults, 2 larvae; NMV ♂ ♀ adults, 2 larvae.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic, lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva found in running creeks with some green algal growth.

 

General References

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Debenham, M.L., Bryan, J.H., Russell, R.C., Geary, M. & Marks, E.N. 1987. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Anopheles. Subgenera Anopheles, Cellia. Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 5 315 pp. [52] (literature, distribution, biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Apr-2012		20-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)