Species Culex (Neoculex) chaetoventralis (Theobald, 1910)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Neomelanoconion chaetoventralis Theobald, F.V. 1910. A Monograph of the Culicidae or Mosquitoes. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 5 646 pp. [461].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ adult (wing on slide), Kuranda (as Kumanda), QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Debenham, M.L., Griffiths, M., Bryan, J.H. & Marks, E.N. 1988. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Culex. (Subgenera Lutzia, Neocluex, Subgenus undecided). Genera Culiseta, Ficalbia, Heizmannia, Hodgesia, Malaya, Mansonia. University of Queensland and University of Sydney in collaboration with Commonwealth Department of Community Services & Health. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 9 162 pp. [19].

 

Generic Combinations

• Culex (Lophoceratomyia?) chaetoventralis (Theobald, 1910). —
  Edwards, F.W. 1924. A synopsis of the adult mosquitoes of the Australasian Region. Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 351-401 [397]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic, tree hole.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva found in a cavity in buttress root of rainforest tree, rot hole in trunk of a smaller tree, deep groove in large fallen tree, buttress of a tree stump and artificial containers with fresh water containing rotting leaves and debris.

 

General References

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Debenham, M.L., Griffiths, M., Bryan, J.H. & Marks, E.N. 1988. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Culex. (Subgenera Lutzia, Neocluex, Subgenus undecided). Genera Culiseta, Ficalbia, Heizmannia, Hodgesia, Malaya, Mansonia. University of Queensland and University of Sydney in collaboration with Commonwealth Department of Community Services & Health. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 9 162 pp. [19] (literature, distribution, biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Apr-2012		20-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)