Species Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) speciosus (Skuse, 1889)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Megarrhina speciosus Skuse, F.A.A. 1889. Diptera of Australia. Part V.—The Culicidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 1717-1764 [1722].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂ adult, ?Bowen (as Port Denison), QLD.

 

Generic Combinations

• Toxorhynchites speciosus (Skuse, 1889). —
  Theobald, F.V. 1903. A Monograph of the Culicidae or Mosquitoes. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 3 xvii 359 pp. [124]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Also southern Irian Jaya

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic, predator, tree hole.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult not attracted to humans but feeds on plant juices and nectar; larva found in tree holes and tree crevices and artificial containers such as tanks, barrels, tyres, tins and small wells; larvae are predacious on other mosquitoes and cannibalistic.

 

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. Genera Maorigoeldia, Mimomyia, Opifex, Orthopodomyia, Topomyia, Toxorhynchites. 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. 10 105 pp. [90] (literature, distribution, biology)

Russell, R.C. 1993. Mosquitoes and Mosquito-borne Disease in Southeastern Australia. A guide to the biology, relation to disease, surveillance, control and the identification of mosquitoes in southeastern Australia. New South Wales : Published privately by Department of Medical Entomology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead 195 pp. [10.178] (biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
02-Nov-2011		02-Nov-2011	MOVED
20-Apr-2012		31-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)