Species Culicoides brevitarsis Kieffer, 1917
- Culicoides brevitarsis Kieffer, J.J. 1917. Chironomides d'Australie conservés au Musée National Hongrois de Budapest. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 15: 175-228 [187].
Type data:
Neotype USNM ♂ (type series destroyed by fire, see 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. [xiii]), Philippines Tala, Rizal, 21.v.1958, M Delfinado.Subsequent designation references:
Wirth, W.W. & Hubert, A.A. 1989. The Culicoides of Southeast Asia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 44: 1-508. - Culicoides robertsi 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 [386].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, Yeerongpilly, QLD.
Paratype(s) 31♀ 6♂ adults (USNM/QIMR); BMNH ♀ adult. - Culicoides radicitus Delfinado, M.D. 1961. Philippine Zoological Expedition 1946–1947. The Philippine biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Fieldiana Zoology 33: 627-675 [657].
- Culicoides superfulvus Das Gupta, S.K. 1962. Culicoides (Dipt., Ceratopogonidae) from suburbs of Calcutta. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 98: 253-254 [253].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lee, D.J. & Reye, E.J. 1963. Australasian Ceratopogonidae (Diptera, Nematocera). Part X: additional Australian species of Culicoides. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 87: 352-363 [362]
Introduction
Bellis et al. (2013: 406-407) noted that "Lee & Reye (1962) suggested the holotype specimen of C. brevitarsis may have been destroyed in the fire at the National Museum of Hungary in Budapest in 1956. Debenham (1979) was unable to locate the holotype specimen of this species confirming that it was lost in 1956 and prompting Wirth & Hubert (1989) to designate a neotype using the neotype male of C. radicitus. The designation of an allotype female from the type locality in Australia is however, desirable due both to the marked sexual dimorphism in wing pattern of this species and the confusion surrounding the identity of this species in Asia. Kieffer (1917) gave only “Australie” as the type locality but morphological and genetic analyses of C. brevitarsis from various localities in Australia (this study, Gopurenko et al. in preparation ) has revealed there to be only a single species present indicating that any locality within Australia is suitable for an allotype specimen." ().
Wirth & Hubert (1989) designated a neotype from the Philippines (Tala, Rizal) and therefore, according to Article 76.3 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, that is now the type locality of C. brevitarsis.
Notwithstanding the above, designation of a "neoallotype" in Bellis et al. (2013) is not valid, because not recognised as a type by the ICZN, and [is] therefore not included in the type material for the species in the AFD.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread Oriental Region.
IBRA
NSW, NT, 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)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Adult female takes blood meals from cattle, horses, sheep and rarely from humans, vector of Queensland itch, onchocerciasis and arboviruses, all immature stages in cow pats.
General References
Bellis, G., Dyce, A., Gopurenko, D., Yanase, T., Garros, C., Labuschagne, K. & Mitchell, A. 2013. Revision of the Culicoides (Avaritia) Imicola complex Khamala & Kettle (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Australasian region. Zootaxa 3768(4): 401-427 (Redescription of C. brevitarsis)
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. [216] (literature, biology, distribution, as Culicoides (Avarita) brevitarsis (Kieffer, 1917))
Wirth, W.W. & Hubert, A.A. 1989. The Culicoides of Southeast Asia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 44: 1-508 [258] (extralimital synonyms, distribution, biology)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2014 | Culicoides Latreille, 1809 | 12-Mar-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 31-Oct-2013 | Culicoides Latreille, 1809 | 30-Oct-2013 | MODIFIED | |
| 09-Jul-2013 | 09-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 09-Jul-2013 | 10-Aug-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 15-Jun-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |