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Species Mansonia (Mansonioides) dives (Schiner, 1868)

Distribution

States

Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult feeds on cattle, humans, goats, cats, dogs, pigs and birds; good host for semi-periodic Brugia malayi but not the periodic form (based on laboratory observations); important vector of human filariasis; larva collected from shaded pools and small lake with common root vegetable Ipomoea sp. [Convolvulaceae] and Eichhornia crassipes [Ponterderiaceae] plants; for extensive biological information see Lee et al. (1988: 127).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
20-Apr-2012 10-Jun-2014 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)