Species Culex (Culex) crinicauda Edwards, 1921
- Culex crinicaudus Edwards, F.W. 1921. Mosquito notes.—II. Bulletin of Entomological Research 12: 69-80 [77] [nom. nov. for Culex parvus Taylor, 1912 with male released from synonymy with Culex vishnui Theobald, 1901].
Type data:
Syntype(s). - Culex parvus Taylor, F.H. 1912. [Appendix] II.- Description of mosquitoes collected in the Northern Territory during the Expedition, 1911. Bulletin of the Northern Territory 1a: 25-34 [27] [erroneously synonymised with Culex vishnui Theobald, 1901 by 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)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC ♂ ♀ adult (number of syntypes not stated in original description), Umbrawarra Creek, NT.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: aquatic.
Extra Ecological Information
Larva found in clear waters such as pools, creeks and seepages, usually with grass or algae, shaded pools beneath freshwater mangroves and artificial containers such as a 44-gallon drum containing polluted rainwater.
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. [114] (literature, distribution, biology; common incorrect subsequent spelling as crinicauda)
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) |