Species Culiseta (Culicella) weindorferi (Edwards, 1926)

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Regional Maps

• Theobaldia weindorferi Edwards, F.W. 1926. Mosquito notes.—VI. Bulletin of Entomological Research 17: 101-131 [111].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ adult, Cradle Valley, TAS.

 

Generic Combinations

• Culiseta weindorferi (Edwards, 1926). —
  Horsfall, W.R. 1955. Mosquitoes—Their Bionomics and Relation to Disease. New York : The Ronald Press Company viii 723 pp. [347]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult day-biting and attacks humans; larva collected in a pit below an uprooted tree in dense bush.

 

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. [66] (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)