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Species Culex (Culex) globocoxitus Dobrotworsky, 1953

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult female does not normally bite humans but may feed on birds and rabbits; adults taken from rabbit burrows; capable of carrying Murray Valley encephalitis virus under laboratory conditions and may be involved in transmission between animals; larva found in open swamps, grassy ground pools, drainage pits, waterholes and artificial containers such as tanks, troughs and wells; can tolerate brackish and polluted water.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
20-Apr-2012 20-Apr-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)