Species Culex (Culex) edwardsi Barraud, 1923

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• Culex (Culex) edwardsi Barraud, P.J. 1923. Two new species of Culex (Diptera, Culicidae) from Assam. Indian Journal of Medical Research 11: 507-509 [507].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH adult ♀, INDIA: Shillong, Assam
  Comment: specimen not present in the BMNH (see Lee, Hicks, Debenham, Marks, Bryan & Russell, 1989).

  Secondary source:

   Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.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. Genus Culex. Subgenera Acallyntrum, Culex. Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 281 pp. [117].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NE coastal, N Gulf, QLD; India, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Gulf Plains (GUP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult - volant, larva - aquatic; larvae found in grassy swamp areas, seepages from springs, swift-running drains from irrigated crops; adults taken in chicken-baited, light, Rothamstead and truck traps; adults feed on humans and chickens; isloation of Oak Vale ephemeral fever, Sindbis and Corriparta viruses from collections.

 

History of changes

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