Species Aedes (Halaedes) ashworthi Edwards, 1921

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• Aedes (Ochlerotatus) ashworthi Edwards, F.W. 1921. Mosquito notes.—II. Bulletin of Entomological Research 12: 69-80 [75].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ adult, Yallingup, WA.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀ adults, 12 larvae.

 

Generic Combinations

• Aedes (Halaedes) ashworthi Edwards, 1921. —
  Belkin, J.N. 1962. The Mosquitoes of the South Pacific (Diptera, Culicidae). Berkeley & Los Angeles, USA : Univ. Calif. Press Vol. 1. [328]
  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]
• Halades ashworthi (Edwards, 1921). —
  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 [359]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Coastal.

Extra Ecological Information

Coastal species which breeds in saline rock pools.

 

General References

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Russell, R.C. & Marks, E.N. 1984. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Aedes. Subgenera Geoskusea, Halaedes, Huaedes, Leptosomatomyia, Levua, Lorrainea, Macleaya, Mucidus, Neomelaniconion, Nothoskusea, Ochlerotatus, Paraedes, Pseudoskusea, Rhinoskusea. Commonwealth Institute of Health. School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 3 257 pp. [19] (literature, distribution, biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Sep-2016	AEDINI	22-Jun-2016	MODIFIED
20-Apr-2012		29-Sep-2015	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)