Species Tripteroides (Polylepidomyia) punctolateralis (Theobald, 1903)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stegomyia punctolateralis Theobald, F.V. 1903. Two new Australian culicids. The Entomologist 36: 154-157 [156].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 10♂ 5♀ adults and unknown adult (1 male dissected, 3 male specimens on slide), QLD (as South Queensland).
• Tripteroides atripes occidentalis Brug, S.L. 1934. Notes on Dutch East Indian mosquitoes. Bulletin of Entomological Research 25: 501-519 [503] [originally described as Tripteroides atripes var. occidentalis].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ adult, Oebe, Timor (Indonesia).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lee, D.J. 1946. Notes on Australian mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae). Part VI. The genus Tripteroides in the Australasian Region. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 70: 219-275 [263]

 

Generic Combinations

• Tripteroides (Mimeteomyia) punctolateralis (Theobald, 1903). —
  Lee, D.J. 1946. Notes on Australian mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae). Part VI. The genus Tripteroides in the Australasian Region. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 70: 219-275 [245]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Possibly introduced to New Caledonia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: pest, volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Domestic pest in some places; larva found in tree holes, rot holes, fallen logs and a variety of artificial containers including tanks, water butts, tyres, fuel drums and vehicle bodies, sometimes in association with other mosquitoes.

 

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. [59] (literature, distribution, biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Apr-2012		20-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)