Species Verrallina (Verrallina) quadrispinata (King & Hoogstraal, 1947)
- Aedes (Verrallina) quadrispinatus King, W.V. & Hoogstraal, H. 1947. New Guinea species of mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, subgenus Aedes. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37: 113-134 [126].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♂ adult, Toem, Western New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Indonesia).
Generic Combinations
- Verrallina (Verrallina) quadrispinata (King & Hoogstraal, 1947). —
Reinert, J.F. 1999. Restoration of Verrallina to generic rank in tribe Aedini (Diptera: Cuilicidae) and descriptions of the genus and three included subgenera. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 31: 1-83
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: aquatic.
Extra Ecological Information
Immature stages found in a swamp of virgin forest, forest pools and temporary ground pools containing fresh, clear water.
General References
Wilkerson, R.C., Linton, Y-M., Fonseca, D.M., Schultz, T.R., Price, D.C., & Strickman, D.A. 2015. Making mosquito taxonomy useful: a stable classification of tribe Aedini that balances utility with current knowledge of evolutionary relationships. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 10(7): e0133602 [appendix S1]
History of changes
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20-Apr-2012 | 20-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |