Species Hodgesia cairnsensis Taylor, 1919
- Hodgesia cairnsensis Taylor, F.H. 1919. Contributions to a knowledge of Australian Culicidae. No. iv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 43: 826-843 [842].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, Cairns, QLD.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from QLD
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: aquatic.
Extra Ecological Information
Adult a fierce biter, active at night outside buildings and near the larval habitat in thickly vegetated waterholes and swamps; larva collected from shady areas at edges of swamps, mainly sheltering in tree holes.
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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20-Apr-2012 | 20-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |