Species Aedes (Dobrotworskyius) tubbutiensis Dobrotworsky, 1959

Museums

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• Aedes (Finlaya) tubbutiensis Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1959. Notes on Australian mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae). IV. Aëdes alboannulatus complex in Victoria. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 84: 131-145 [139].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♀ adult (with associated larval and pupal skins), Tubbut, East Gippland, VIC.

 

Generic Combinations

• Aedes (Dobrotworskyius) tubbutiensis Dobrotworsky, 1959. —
  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]
• Dobrotworskyius tubbutiensis (Dobrotworsky, 1959). —
  Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. & Kitching, I.J. 2006. Phylogeny and classification of Finlaya and allied taxa (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) based on morphological data from all life stages. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148: 1-101 [89]
• 'Ochlerotatus' ('FInlaya') tubbutiensis (Dobrotworsky, 1959) [sensu auctorum]. —
  Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. & Kitching, I.J. 2004. Phylogeny and classification of Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae), based on morphological characters of all life stages. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 142: 289-368 [361]

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from the north-eastern corner of Gippsland, VIC.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: South East Corner (SEC)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult readily bites humans; larva found in backwaters in creek beds and rock pools.

 

General References

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Russell, R.C. & Marks, E.N. 1982. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Aedeomyia. Genus Aedes. (Subgenera [Aedes], Aedimorphus, Chaetocruiomyia, Christophersiomyia, Edwardsaedes and Finlaya). Commonwealth Institute of Health. School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 2 286 pp. [280] (literature, distribution, biology)

Reinert, J.F. & Harbach, R.E. 2005. Generic and subgeneric status of aedine mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) occurring in the Australasian region. Zootaxa 887: 1-10

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Sep-2016	AEDINI	22-Jun-2016	MODIFIED
20-Sep-2011		20-Sep-2011	MOVED
20-Apr-2012		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)