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Species Mansonia (Mansonioides) uniformis (Theobald, 1901)

Distribution

States

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


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: pest, volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult female aggressive, persistent and active biter and readily attacks humans, cattle, sheep, humans, pigs, dogs, fowls, kangaroos, cats, horses and birds; adults caught in light and animal-baited traps; major nuisance pest in parts of northern Australia; vector of Wuchereria bancrofti (filariasis) outside of Australia; successful experimental infection of uniformis with the monkey malaria parasite Plasmodium cynomolgi and also known to be susceptible to human malaria; possible competent vector for Ross River, Murray Valley encephalitis and Kunjin viruses; isolation of Ross River fever, Edge Hill virus, Japanese encephalitis and an ungrouped arbovirus P5-350 from collections; larva found in association with all types of water plants (floating and emergent) in permanent and semi-permanent swamps, lagoons and waterholes; for extensive biological information see Lee et al. (1988: 158).

 

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 20-Apr-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)