Species Culicoides purus Lee & Reye, 1963
- Culicoides purus 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 [352].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, Hornsby, NSW.
Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ 2♂ adults.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Gungahlin, ACT and Hornsby, NSW; Tokunaga record from New Britain incorrect (see Dyce 1996).
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT: Australian Alps (AA), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: tree hole.
Extra Ecological Information
Collected from eucalypt tree hole.
General References
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. [353] (literature, distribution—considers Papua New Guinea record suspect)
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. [241] (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. [55] (wing illustrated)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31-Oct-2013 | Culicoides Latreille, 1809 | 30-Oct-2013 | MODIFIED | |
| 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) |