Species Culex (Oculeomyia) bitaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901

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• Culex bitaeniorhynchus Giles, G.M. 1901. A plea for the collective investigation of Indian Culicidae, with suggestions as to moot points for enquiry, and a prodromus of species known to the author. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 13: 592-610 [607].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (type specimen(s) lost, see Edwards, F.W. 1941. Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region. III. – Culicine adults and pupae. London : British Museum Natural History [290] and Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Debenham, M.L., Marks, E.N., Bryan, J.H. & Russell, R.C. 1989. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Culex. Subgenera Acallyntrum, Culex. Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 281 pp. [102]), Travancore, India.
• Culicelsa abdominalis Taylor, F.H. 1913. Report of the entomologist. Reports of the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine 1911: 49-74 [53].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC ♀ adults (number of specimens not stated in original description; not found in the ANIC and presumed lost, see Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Debenham, M.L., Marks, E.N., Bryan, J.H. & Russell, R.C. 1989. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Culex. Subgenera Acallyntrum, Culex. Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 281 pp. [102]), Ayr and Townsville, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Taylor, F.H. 1919. Contributions to a knowledge of Australian Culicidae. No. iv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 43: 826-843 [835]
• Knight, K.L. & Stone, A. 1977. A Catalog of the Mosquitoes of the World (Diptera: Culicidae). The Thomas Say Foundation. College Park, Maryland : Entomological Society of America Vol. 6. [243] (extralimital synonymies)

 

Generic Combinations

• Culex (Oculeomyia) bitaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901. —
  Harbach, R. 1 September 2011. Mosquito Taxonomic inventory Valid Species List. Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory. Http://mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info/ [accessed on 11 October 2011]
• Culex (Culex) bitaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Belau, widespread Afrotropical, Oriental and southern Palaearctic Regions.

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), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult a nocturnal biter and feeds on humans, cattle, buffalo, pigs, dogs, chickens, rabbits, birds, kangaroo, sheep and horses; adults collected from light and animal-baited traps; high natural infection rate with Wuchereria bancrofti and an efficient vector of filariasis; natural infection with Brugia malayi but no further information on role as filariasis vector; isolation of Murray Valley encephalitis, Getah, Ross River, Sindbis and Dengue virus from collections; experimental infection with Plasmodium vivax leading to the development of sporozoites; larva found in semi-permanent and permanent ground pools associated with filamentous green algae and emergent vegetation such as lagoons, seepage ponds, swamps, rice fields, marshy depressions, irrigation ditches, logs, puddles, obstructed streams, backwaters and drains; for extensive biological information see Lee et al. (1989: 110).

 

General References

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Debenham, M.L., Marks, E.N., Bryan, J.H. & Russell, R.C. 1989. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Culex. Subgenera Acallyntrum, Culex. Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 281 pp. [102] (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. [10.133] (biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Nov-2011		01-Nov-2011	MOVED
20-Apr-2012		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)