Species Lutzia (Metalutzia) halifaxii (Theobald, 1903)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Culex halifaxii Theobald, F.V. 1903. A Monograph of the Culicidae or Mosquitoes. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 3 xvii 359 pp. [231].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ adult, Dindings, Straits Settlements (Malaya).

 

Generic Combinations

• Culex (Lutzia) halifaxii Theobald, 1903. —
  Bugledich, E.-M.A. 1999. Diptera: Nematocera. In, Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 30.1. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiii 627 pp. [216]
• Lutzia (Metalutzia) halifaxii (Theobald, 1903). —
  Harbach, R. 1 September 2011. Mosquito Taxonomic inventory Valid Species List. Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory. Http://mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info/ [accessed on 11 October 2011]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread Oriental Region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult rarely bites humans and feed on fowl and kangaroos; adults caught in animal-baited and dry-ice baited traps; larva found in permanent and semi-permanent water collections with green filamentous algae such as ground, transient and jungle pools, sago swamps, rock crevices, rock pools, log holes, tree holes, ruts, water butts, ponded streams and artificial containers such as gutters, septic tanks, horse troughs, irrigation wells and drains; larvae are predacious on mosquito larvae and other invertebrates and cannibalistic.

 

General References

Evenhuis, N.L. & Gon, S.M. III 1989. 22. Family Culicidae. pp. 191-218 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [210] (common incorrect subsequent spelling as halifaxi)

Knight, K.L. & Stone, A. 1977. A Catalog of the Mosquitoes of the World (Diptera: Culicidae). The Thomas Say Foundation. College Park, Maryland : Entomological Society of America Vol. 6. [249] (extralimital synonymies)

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. [5] (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. [10.145] (biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
19-Apr-2012		02-Nov-2011	MOVED
20-Apr-2012		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)