Species Culicoides bancrofti Lee & Reye, 1953
- Culicoides bancrofti Lee, D.J. & Reye, E.J. 1953. Australasian Ceratopogonidae (Diptera, Nematocera). Part VI. Australian species of Culicoides. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 77: 369-394 [387].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, Hornsby, NSW.
Paratype(s) ANIC 5♀ adults.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Female bites mammals.
General References
Bellis, G. & Dyce, A. 2012. Redescription of the adults of Culicoides bancrofti Lee and Reye and C. hornsbyensis Lee and Reye (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3566: 51–60 [54] (revised diagnosis)
Debenham, M.L. 1979. An Annotated Checklist and Bibliography of Australasian Region Ceratopogonidae (Diptera, Nematocera). Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service, Monograph 1 xiv 671 pp. [209] (literature, distribution, biology)
Debenham, M.L. 1989. 25. Family Ceratopogonidae. pp. 226-251 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [240] (as an unplaced species within Culicoides)
Dyce, A.L., Bellis, G.A. & Muller, M.J. 2007. Pictorial Atlas of Australasian Culicoides wings (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study 88 pp. [34] (wing illustrated)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2014 | Culicoides Latreille, 1809 | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 09-Jul-2013 | 09-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 09-Jul-2013 | 11-Aug-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 09-Jul-2013 | 10-Aug-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 15-Jun-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |