Species Mansonia (Mansonioides) septempunctata Theobald, 1905

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mansonia septempunctata Theobald, F.V. 1905. A catalogue of the Culicidae in the Hungarian National Museum with descriptions of new genera and species. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 3: 61-120 [107].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) HNHM ♀ adult (number of syntypes not stated in original description), Madang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (as Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen).
• Mansonia bonnewepsterae Assem, J. van den 1958. Mansonia (Mansoniodes) bonnewepsterae, spec. nov. (Culicidae), with notes on habits and breeding place. Tropical Geographical Medicine 10: 205-212 [205].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) LM ♂ adult (number of syntypes not stated in original description), Lake Sentani, Irian Jaya, Indonesia (as North New Guinea).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [137] (new synonymy)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva found in permanent pools with Pistia [Araceae] and Hydrocharis [Hydrocharitaceae] vegetation and in heavily polluted waste water; larvae will obtain oxygen from roots of other plants not present in their natural habitats.

General References

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. [137] (literature, distribution, biology)

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