Subspecies Culiseta (Neotheobaldia) frenchii frenchii (Theobald, 1901)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Culex frenchii Theobald, F.V. 1901. A Monograph of the Culicidae or Mosquitoes. Mainly compiled from the collections received at the British Museum from various parts of the world in connection with the investigation into the cause of malaria conducted by the Colonial Office and the Royal Society. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. I 424 pp. [66].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 4♀ adults, VIC.

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: pest (associated flora: Eucalyptus fasciculosa F.Muell., 1855 [MYRTACEAE] Pink Gum), volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult a common day-biting species that attacks humans; abundant in upland forests with high rainfall; localised pest in some forested areas; larva found in subterranean pools in the tunnels of land crayfish (Engaeus spp.).

 

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. [70] (literature, distribution, biology)

Russell, R.C. 1993. Mosquitoes and Mosquito-borne Disease in Southeastern Australia. A guide to the biology, relation to disease, surveillance, control and the identification of mosquitoes in southeastern Australia. New South Wales : Published privately by Department of Medical Entomology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead 195 pp. [10.163] (biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Jun-2022	CULICIDAE Meigen, 1818	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Bryan Lessard (ABRS)
01-Jun-2021	CULICOMORPHA Hennig, 1948	01-Jun-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Bryan Lessard (ABRS)
10-Nov-2020	NEMATOCERA Dumeril, 1805	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED	Max Beatson (AM)
01-Feb-2019	DIPTERA Linnaeus, 1758	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
20-Apr-2012		16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
		16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED