Species Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) inornatus (Walker, 1865)
- Megarhina inornata Walker, F. 1865. Descriptions of new species of the dipterous insects of New Guinea. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 8: 102-108 [102].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂ adult (abdomen, mid and hind legs missing, two legs glued to round stage, see Steffan, W.A. & White, G.B. 1981. The type specimens of Toxorhynchites (Diptera: Culicidae) at the British Museum (Natural History) and Oxford University. Mosquito Systematics 13: 114–123 [118]; described from an unspecified number of males, see 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. [82]), New Guinea.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂ adult, New Guinea.Subsequent designation references:
Steffan, W.A. & White, G.B. 1981. The type specimens of Toxorhynchites (Diptera: Culicidae) at the British Museum (Natural History) and Oxford University. Mosquito Systematics 13: 114-123 [118]; 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.
Generic Combinations
- Toxorhynchites inornatus (Walker, 1865). —
Theobald, F.V. 1905. Diptera. Fam. Culicidae. Genera Insectorum 26: 1-50 [14]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Introduced to Fiji and Hawaiian Ils.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution 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. [86-87]
- Marks, E.N. 1980. Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Cape York Peninsula, Australia. pp. 59-76 in Stevens, N.C. & Bailey, A. (eds). Contemporary Cape York Peninsula. The proceedings of a symposium held at the Kindler Lecture Theatre, Queensland Institute of Technology, 29 October, 1979. Brisbane : Royal Society of Queensland. [69]
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: aquatic, phytotelmata, predator, tree hole.
Extra Ecological Information
Larva collected from tree holes, plant axils, bamboos and artificial containers; larvae are predacious on all other mosquito species and cannibalistic.
General References
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 02-Nov-2011 | 02-Nov-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 20-Apr-2012 | 31-Oct-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |