Species Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudostigmaticus Dobrotworsky, 1957
- Anopheles pseudostigmaticus Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1957. Notes on Australian mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae). II. Notes on Anopheles stigmaticus Skuse and description of new species of Anopheles from Australia and New Guinea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 82: 180-188 [184].
Type data:
Holotype NMV ♂ adult (with associated larval and pupal skins), Maroondah, VIC.
Paratype(s) NMV 6♂ 7♀ adults (with associated larval and pupal skins); ANIC ♂ ♀ adults (with associated larval and pupal skins); MMUS ♂ ♀ adults (with associated larval and pupal skins); EUQ ♂ ♀ adults (with associated larval and pupal skins); BMNH ♂ ♀ adults (with associated larval and pupal skins); USNM ♂ ♀ adults (with associated larval and pupal skins).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: aquatic.
Extra Ecological Information
Adult feeds on marsupials and humans, known from reared specimens and occasionally collected in dry-ice baited traps; larva found in ground pools, rock pools, marshes, grassy edges of swamps, slow running water in roadside ditch, running creeks, muddy pools, temporary rain-filled pools, artificial containers and fallen palm fronds.
General References
History of changes
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20-Apr-2012 | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |