Species Culex (Lophoceraomyia) orbostiensis Dobrotworsky, 1958
- Culex orbostiensis Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1958. Notes on Australian mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae). III. The subgenus Lophoceraomyia in Victoria. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 82: 317-321 [317].
Type data:
Holotype NMV ♂ adult (with associated larval and pupal skins), Orbost, VIC.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: aquatic.
Extra Ecological Information
Adult a vicious daytime biter; adults collected from animal-baited traps; larva found in semi-permanent, vegetated ground pools such as freshwater sedge and tea-tree swamps and peaty depressions along their margins, grassy pools, shallow seepages, spring-fed ponds and drainage ditches.
General References
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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20-Apr-2012 | 20-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |