Species Aedes (Macleaya) littlechildi Taylor, 1933
- Aedes (Finlaya) littlechildi Taylor, F.H. 1933. A new species of Finlaya (Order Diptera: family Culicidae) from Papua. The Australian Zoologist 7: 370 [370].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult (labelled allotype), Kokoda-Buna District, North East Papua (Papua New Guinea).
Generic Combinations
- Macleaya (Macleaya) littlechildi (Taylor, 1933). —
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 [93] - Aedes (Macleaya) littlechildi Taylor, 1933. —
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. [56]
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] - 'Ochlerotatus' ('Macleaya') littlechildi (Taylor, 1933) [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 [362]
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Gulf Plains (GUP)
Distribution References
- Marks, E.N. 1980. Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Cape York Peninsula, Australia. pp. 59-76 in Stevens, N.C. & Bailey, A. (eds). Contemporary Cape York Peninsula. The proceedings of a symposium held at the Kindler Lecture Theatre, Queensland Institute of Technology, 29 October, 1979. Brisbane : Royal Society of Queensland. [66]
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: aquatic, tree hole.
Extra Ecological Information
Adult found in rainforest and swamp forest, but not mangrove forest or farmland; larva found in water in tea-tree branch, fork of a tree in secondary rainforest and in a eucalypt stump.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-Sep-2016 | AEDINI | 22-Jun-2016 | MODIFIED | |
| 08-Nov-2011 | 08-Nov-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 20-Apr-2012 | 08-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |