Species Tripteroides (Polylepidomyia) argenteiventris (Theobald, 1905)

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• Polylepidomyia argenteiventris 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 [118].

  Type data:

   Lectotype HNHM ♀ adult, Angabunga River (as Paumomu River), Papua New Guinea.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Stone, A. 1957. Notes on types of mosquitoes in the Hungarian National Museum (Diptera, Culicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 50: 171-174 [173].
• Stegomyia atra Taylor, F.H. 1914. Culicidae from Papua. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1914: 185-205 [190].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ adult (specimen in poor condition, see Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Debenham, M.L., Marks, E.N., Bryan, J.H. & Russell, R.C. 1989. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genera Tripteroides, Uranotaenia, Wyeomyia, Zeugnomyia. 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. 11 306 pp. [28]), Lakekamu Gold Field, Mungana, Papua New Guinea.
• Rachionotomyia brugi Edwards, F.W. 1927. New mosquitoes of the genus Rachionotomyia from New Guinea. Nova Guinea 15: 352-356 [356].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀ adult (number of syntypes not stated in original description), Nassau Mountains, Central New Guinea (Irian Jaya).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Stone, A. 1957. Notes on types of mosquitoes in the Hungarian National Museum (Diptera, Culicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 50: 171-174 [174]

Generic Combinations

• Tripteroides argenteiventris (Theobald, 1905). —
  Brug, S.L. 1934. Notes on Dutch East Indian mosquitoes. Bulletin of Entomological Research 25: 501-519 [503]

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

Adult diurnal biter in forest areas, larva found in axillae of small leaves of Curcuma [Zingiberaceae] plants, coconut shells, cut bamboos, tree holes and artificial containers.

General References

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Debenham, M.L., Marks, E.N., Bryan, J.H. & Russell, R.C. 1989. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genera Tripteroides, Uranotaenia, Wyeomyia, Zeugnomyia. 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. 11 306 pp. [28] (literature, distribution, biology)

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