Genus Mansonia Blanchard, 1901

Museums

Regional Maps

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• 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. [115]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmotropical.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Details of nominate subgenus, not present in Australia

Mansonia Blanchard, 1901
Taxonomy: Synonyms and Associated Data
Mansonia Blanchard, 1901
Blanchard, R. 1901. Observations sur quelques moustiques. Compte Rendu des Séances de la Société de Biologie, Paris 53: 1045-1046 [1046] [nom. nov. for Panoplites Theobald, 1900; ratified by International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1959. Opinion 550. Suppression under the plenary powers of the generic name "Taeniorhynchus" Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1891, for the purpose of protecting the generic name "Mansonia" Blanchard, 1901 (Class Insecta, Order Diptera), and matters relating to other names in the same class and in the Class Aves incidental thereto. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20: 185–198 (187)].
Type species: Culex titillans Walker, 1848 by subsequent designation, see Neveu-Lemaire, M. 1902. Classification de la famille des Culicidae. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 15: 195-227 [214]
Compiled from secondary source: International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1959. Opinion 550. Suppression under the plenary powers of the generic name "Taeniorhynchus" Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1891, for the purpose of protecting the generic name "Mansonia" Blanchard, 1901 (Class Insecta, Order Diptera), and matters relating to other names in the same class and in the Class Aves incidental thereto. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20: 185-198.
Panoplites Theobald, 1900
Theobald, F.V. 1900. Report on the Collections of Mosquitoes (Culicidae) received at the British Museum (Natural History) from various parts of the world in connection with the investigation into the causes of malaria, conducted by the Colonial Office and the Royal Society. London : H.M. Stationary Office 12 pp. [5] [suppressed by International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1959. Opinion 550. Suppression under the plenary powers of the generic name "Taeniorhynchus" Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1891, for the purpose of protecting the generic name "Mansonia" Blanchard, 1901 (Class Insecta, Order Diptera), and matters relating to other names in the same class and in the Class Aves incidental thereto. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20: 185–198 (187)].
Type species: Culex taeniorhynchus Wiedemann, 1821 by monotypy.
Compiled from secondary source: International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1959. Opinion 550. Suppression under the plenary powers of the generic name "Taeniorhynchus" Lynch-Arribálzaga, 1891, for the purpose of protecting the generic name "Mansonia" Blanchard, 1901 (Class Insecta, Order Diptera), and matters relating to other names in the same class and in the Class Aves incidental thereto. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20: 185-198.

 

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. [213] (common misidentification as Taeniorhynchus Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891)

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. [113] (literature, taxonomy, distribution)

 

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)