Species Culiseta (Culicella) atra (Lee, 1944)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Theobaldia atra Lee, D.J. 1944. Notes on Australian mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae). Part V. The genus Armigeres and new species of Armigeres, Theobaldia and Culex. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 69: 215-225 [220].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♀ adult, Perth, WA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Culiseta atra (Lee, 1944). —
  Stone, A., Knight, K.L. & Starcke, H. 1959. A Synoptic Catalog of the Mosquitoes of the World (Diptera, Culicidae). The Thomas Say Foundation, Vol. VI. Washington : Entomological Society of America 358 pp. [222]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult found in rabbit burrows; larva collected in clear freshwater pools and streams near weeds, grass and other vegetation; larvae and pupae found in deep shaded pools in creek with decayed leaves.

 

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. [58] (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)