Species Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) xanthogaster (Edwards, 1924)

Museums

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• Taeniorhynchus (Coquillettidia) xanthogaster Edwards, F.W. 1924. A synopsis of the adult mosquitoes of the Australasian Region. Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 351-401 [366] [described as nom. nov. for specimens misidentified as Taeniorhynchus acer Walker by Theobald, F.V. 1901. A Monograph of the Culicidae or Mosquitoes. Mainly compiled from the collections received at the British Museum from various parts of the world in connection with the investigation into the cause of malaria conducted by the Colonial Office and the Royal Society. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. I 424 pp. (211)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀ adult (number of syntypes not stated in original description, see Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Debenham M.L., Bryan, J.H., Russell, R.C., Geary, M. & Marks, E.N. 1988. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genera Armigeres, Bironella and Coquillettidia. University of Queensland and University of Sydney in collaboration with Commonwealth Department of Community Services & Health. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 6 124 pp. [114]), Burpengary (as Bupengary), QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Theobald, F.V. 1901. A Monograph of the Culicidae or Mosquitoes. Mainly compiled from the collections received at the British Museum from various parts of the world in connection with the investigation into the cause of malaria conducted by the Colonial Office and the Royal Society. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. I 424 pp.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Loyalty Ils.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), 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), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: pest, volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult readily attacks humans, cattle, oxen, foxes and fowl; major pest in many parts of northern Australia; potential vector of Dengue and Ross River viruses; aquatic stages found in swamps, lagoons and creeks; larvae will attach to roots of a variety of host plants including reeds (Eleocharis[Cyperaceae]), rushes (Typha [Typhaceae]), the floating duckweed (Lemna [Lemnaceae]) and Nymphaea [Nymphaeaceae] plants.

 

General References

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Debenham M.L., Bryan, J.H., Russell, R.C., Geary, M. & Marks, E.N. 1988. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genera Armigeres, Bironella and Coquillettidia. University of Queensland and University of Sydney in collaboration with Commonwealth Department of Community Services & Health. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 6 124 pp. [114] (literature, distribution, biology)

Russell, R.C. 1993. Mosquitoes and Mosquito-borne Disease in Southeastern Australia. A guide to the biology, relation to disease, surveillance, control and the identification of mosquitoes in southeastern Australia. New South Wales : Published privately by Department of Medical Entomology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead 195 pp. [10.124] (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)