Species Culex (Culex) whitmorei (Giles, 1904)
- Taeniorhynchus whitmorei Giles, G.M. 1904. Notes on some collections of mosquitoes, &c., received from the Philippine Islands and Angola; with some incidental remarks upon classification. Journal of Tropical Medicine 7: 365-369 [367].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀ adult (this species was described from 3 female syntypes, not a holotype; the specimen formerly referred to as the holotype was selected as a lectotype), Camp Stotsenburg, Pamplona, Philippines.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀ adults, Philippines.Subsequent designation references:
Townsend, B.C. 1990. Culicidae. pp. 35-152 in Townsend, B.C., Chainey, J.E., Crosskey, R.W., Pont, A.C., Lane, R.P., Boorman, J.P.T. & Lowry, C.A. A catalogue of the types of bloodsucking flies in the British Museum (Natural History). Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 7: 1-371 [151].Type locality references:
Townsend, B.C. 1990. Culicidae. pp. 35-152 in Townsend, B.C., Chainey, J.E., Crosskey, R.W., Pont, A.C., Lane, R.P., Boorman, J.P.T. & Lowry, C.A. A catalogue of the types of bloodsucking flies in the British Museum (Natural History). Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 7: 1-371 [151].
Generic Combinations
- Culex whitmorei (Giles, 1904). —
Edwards, F.W. 1922. A synopsis of adult Oriental Culicine (including Megarhinine and Sabethine) mosquitoes. Part II. Indian Journal of Medical Research 10(2): 430-475 [471]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern Palaearctic Region.
IBRA
Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: pest, volant.
Larva: aquatic.
Extra Ecological Information
Adult a pest, biting at dusk; adults collected resting indoors, in light and buffalo-baited traps; natural or preferred host is unknown; isolation of Japanese encephalitis from collections but no evidence as a vector; good vector of Wuchereria bancrofti based on experimental evidence; larva found in permanent and semi-permanent water collections with green filamentous algae such as ponded streams, ditches in rice fields, roadside seepage ponds, transient pools, swamps, slow-flowing rivulets, shallow pools and puddles.
General References
History of changes
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