Species Culex (Culiciomyia) pullus Theobald, 1905
- Culex pullus Theobald, F.V. 1905. A catalogue of the Culicidae in the Hungarian National Museum with descriptions of new genera and species. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 3: 61-120 [87].
Type data:
Holotype HNHM ♀ adult, Muina (near Madang, Madang Province), New Guinea (Papua New Guinea). - Culex muticus Edwards, F.W. 1923. Mosquito notes.—IV. Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 1-9 [6].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀ adult (number of syntypes not stated in original description), Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Edwards, F.W. 1932. Diptera. Fam. Culicidae. Genera Insectorum 194: 1-258 [199]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: aquatic.
Extra Ecological Information
Adult taken in light and chicken-baited traps;, does not bite humans but feeds on fowl, dogs and mammals; isolation of Kunjin, Eubenangee, Alfuy and Sindbis viruses from collections; larva found in log holes, transient pools, ruts, stream backwaters, shallow swamps, cisterns, putrid water in septic tanks, stagnant gutters, ground pools, tree holes, leaves on Waghena, a sago palm stump, riverside pools, small creeks, artificial containers, shaded and sunlit collections of ground water except permanent ponds and brackish water.
General References
History of changes
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