Species Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudobarbirostris Ludlow, 1902

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anopheles pseudobarbirostris Ludlow, C.S. 1902. Two Philippine mosquitoes. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 10: 127-131 [129].

  Type data:

   Lectotype USNM ♀ adult, Hagonoy, Bulacan (Luzon), Philippine Ils.
  Paralectotype(s) USNM ♀ adult.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Stone, A. & Knight, K.L. 1956. Type specimens of mosquitoes in the United States National Museum: III. The genera Anopheles and Chagasia (Diptera, Culicidae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46: 276-280 [279].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: aquatic, lentic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Adult collected biting humans and in window traps, experimental infection with Brugia malayi; larva found in clear pools with abundant aquatic vegetation, large permanent, well-vegetated bodies of clear, shaded water, pools and backwaters.

General References

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, M., Debenham, M.L., Bryan, J.H., Russell, R.C., Geary, M. & Marks, E.N. 1987. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region. Nomenclature, synonymy, literature, distribution, biology and relation to disease. Genus Anopheles. Subgenera Anopheles, Cellia. Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Monograph Series. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 5 315 pp. [83] (literature, distribution, biology)

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