Species Culiseta arenivaga Marks, 1968

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• Culiseta arenivaga Marks, E.N. 1968. Northern records of the genus Culiseta Felt in Australia with the description of a new species (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 7: 43-56 [51].

  Type data:

   Holotype EUQ ♀ adult, Forest Station, Fraser Island, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: nothing known.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult collected in forest near a freshwater creek fringed by rainforest; adult females came to humans but not known whether they bite.

 

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. [74] (literature, distribution, biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Apr-2012		19-Feb-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)