Subspecies Aedes (Mucidus) aurantius chrysogaster (Taylor, 1927)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mucidus chrysogaster Taylor, F.H. 1927. Two new species of Australian Culicidae (Diptera). Bulletin of Entomological Research 18: 67-69 [67].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, Berner Creek, near Innisfail, QLD.

 

Generic Combinations

• Mucidus aurantius chrysogaster (Taylor, 1927). —
  Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. & Kitching, I.J. 2004. Phylogeny and classification of Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae), based on morphological characters of all life stages. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 142: 289-368 [360]
• Aedes (Mucidus) aurantius chrysogaster (Taylor, 1927). —
  Knight, K.L., Bohart, R.M. & Bohart, G.E. 1944. Keys to the Mosquitoes of the Australasian Region, including a Synopsis of their Distribution and Breeding Habits. Washington : Natn. Res. Coun., Div. Med. Sci. 71 pp. [50]
  Wilkerson, R.C., Linton, Y-M., Fonseca, D.M., Schultz, T.R., Price, D.C., & Strickman, D.A. 2015. Making mosquito taxonomy useful: a stable classification of tribe Aedini that balances utility with current knowledge of evolutionary relationships. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 10(7): e0133602 [appendix S1]
• Mucidus (Pardomyia) aurantius chrysogaster (Taylor, 1927). —
  Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. & Kitching, I.J. 2008 [2007]. Phylogeny and classification of Ochlerotatus and allied taxa (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) based on morphological data from all life stages. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153: 29-114 [Date published 2008] [44]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

In Australia known from Innisfail and Mourilyan Harbour, QLD.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult collected in chicken-baited traps; type specimens bred from pupae found in a shallow rock pool containing a large quantity of decaying vegetable matter; larvae found in rain-filled pools in jungle, grassy depressions, temporary water surfaces and a hole used as a urinal.

 

General References

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Russell, R.C. & Marks, E.N. 1984. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Aedes. Subgenera Geoskusea, Halaedes, Huaedes, Leptosomatomyia, Levua, Lorrainea, Macleaya, Mucidus, Neomelaniconion, Nothoskusea, Ochlerotatus, Paraedes, Pseudoskusea, Rhinoskusea. Commonwealth Institute of Health. School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 3 257 pp. [87] (literature, distribution, biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Sep-2016	AEDINI	22-Jun-2016	MODIFIED
01-Nov-2011		01-Nov-2011	MOVED
20-Apr-2012		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)