Species Culiseta (Culicella) sylvanensis (Dobrotworsky, 1960)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Theobaldia sylvanensis Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1960. The genus Theobaldia (Diptera, Culicidae) in Victoria. II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 85: 240-247 [245].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♂ adult (with associated larval and pupal skins), Sylvan (Silvan), VIC.

 

Generic Combinations

• Culiseta (Culicella) sylvanensis (Dobrotworsky, 1960). —
  Stone, A. 1961. A synoptic catalog of the mosquitoes of the world, supplement I (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 63(1): 29-52 [44]

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality which is on the eastern slopes of the Dandenong Ranges, VIC.

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult day-biting and attacks humans near its larval habitat on forest-covered hillsides; larva found in pits of water, possibly wombat burrows; immature stages only develop at low temperatures.

 

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. [64] (literature, distribution, biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Apr-2012		08-Oct-2015	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)