Species Aedes (Edwardsaedes) imprimens (Walker, 1860)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Culex imprimens Walker, F. 1860. Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected in Amboyna by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 5: 144-168 [18 July] [144].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ adult, Amboina (Moluccas).
• Aedes (Banksinella) brugi Edwards, F.W. 1924. A synopsis of the adult mosquitoes of the Australasian Region. Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 351-401 [371].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ adult, Merauke, Papua New Guinea.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mattingly, P.F. 1961. The Culicine Mosquitoes of the Indomalayan Area. Part V. Genus Aedes Meigen, subgenera Mucidus Theobald, Ochlerotatus Lynch, Arribalzaga and Neomelaniconion Newstead. London : British Museum Natural History 62 pp. [53]

 

Generic Combinations

• Aedes (Ecculex) imprimens (Walker, 1860). —
  Edwards, F.W. 1922. A synopsis of adult Oriental Culicine (including Megarhinine and Sabethine) mosquitoes. Part II. Indian Journal of Medical Research 10(2): 430-475 [467]
• Aedes (Edwardsaedes) imprimens (Walker, 1860). —
  Belkin, J.N. 1962. The Mosquitoes of the South Pacific (Diptera, Culicidae). Berkeley & Los Angeles, USA : Univ. Calif. Press Vol. 1.
  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]
• Edwardsaedes imprimens (Walker, 1860). —
  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 [357]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

In Australia known from Lockhart River Mission near Coen and Camp Mt near Brisbane, QLD, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Ils, Thailand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic.

Extra Ecological Information

Major pest species, adult diurnally active and attacks humans readily in or close to forested areas, collected in houses, stables and in light traps; larva found in shaded temporary pools, flowing water in flooded areas, buffalo wallows, partly shaded woodland pools and shaded temporary puddles.

 

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. [69] (literature, distribution, biology)

Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. & Kitching, I.J. 2009. Phylogeny and classification of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157(4): 700-794 (taxonomy, systematics, cladistics)

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	16-Jun-2016	MODIFIED
20-Apr-2012		20-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)