Species Anopheles (Cellia) amictus Edwards, 1921

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• Anopheles amictus Edwards, F.W. 1921. Mosquito notes.—II. Bulletin of Entomological Research 12: 69-80 [71].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ adult, Townsville, QLD.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♂ adult.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult collected from rabbit burrows, light and animal-baited traps, attacks humans, domestic animals, rabbits, marsupials, poultry and wild birds, will attack during the day close to larval habitats, but predominantly nocturnal biter, potential vector of Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum (malaria), transmission of the malarial parasite Plasmodium berghei of the African tree rat (Thamnomys surdaster sp.), possible vector of Wuchereria bancrofti (filariasis) and Bovine ephemeral fever (in cattle), natural infection with Dirofilaria immitis (canine heartworm), important vector of myxomatosis in rabbits, isolation of Fowlpox, Kowanyama, Getah, Trubanaman, Mapputta, Tilligerry, Ross River and Sindbis arboviruses from collections; larva found in temporary, semi-permanent and permanent ground pools, swamp margins, rock pools, shallow muddy pools, soakage holes, slit trenches, rice fields and amongst green algae in fresh, running water. For extensive biological information, see Lee et al. (1987: 128).

 

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. [121] (literature, distribution, biology)

Williams, C.R. & Kokkinn, M.J. 2000. Records of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Cooper Basin of north-eastern South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 124: 45-47

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Apr-2012		29-Sep-2015	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)