Species Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) amiensis Peters, 1963

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• Uranotaenia amiensis Peters, W. 1963. Mosquitoes of New Guinea (Diptera: Culicidae). Part VIII.—New species of the genus Uranotaenia Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 32: 203-209 [207].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ adult (reared from a pupa), Ami, 10 miles NW of Maprik, Sepik District, Papua New Guinea.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ adult, Ami, 10 miles (15 km) NW of Maprik, Sepik Districk, Papua New Guinea.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Holotype specimen bred from a pupa found at the edge of a river; adults taken in light and chicken-baited traps and in all types of forest and farmland.

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. [231] (literature, distribution, biology)

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