Species Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann, 1828
- Culex sitiens Wiedemann, C.R.W. 1828. Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werkes. Erster Theil. Hamm. : Schulz xxxii 608 pp. [542].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC ♀ adult, Sumatra (Indonesia). - Culex annulirostris bancroftii Theobald, F.V. 1901. A Monograph of the Culicidae or Mosquitoes. Mainly compiled from the collections received at the British Museum from various parts of the world in connection with the investigation into the cause of malaria conducted by the Colonial Office and the Royal Society. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. I 424 pp. [356].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀ adult, Burpengary (as Bupengary), QLD. - Culex saibaii Taylor, F.H. 1912. Appendix 6. Contribution to a knowledge of the Culicidae and Ixodidea of north Queensland and the Torres Strait. Annual Report of Community Public Health Queensland 1912: 27-29 [28].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC ♀ adult (number of syntypes not stated in original description), Saibai Island, Torres Strait Islands, QLD. - Culicelsa paludis Taylor, F.H. 1913. Report of the entomologist. Reports of the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine 1911: 49-74 [56].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC ♀ adult (number of syntypes not stated in original description), Townsville, QLD. - Culicada annulata Taylor, F.H. 1914. The Culicidae of Australia.—I. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1913: 683-708 [689].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC ♂ ♀ adult (number of syntypes not stated in original description), Townsville, QLD. - Culex jepsoni Theobald, F.V. 1910. The Culicidae of Fiji, including two new species. The Entomologist 43: 155-159 [158].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀ adult (specimen has 3 legs attached and 3 glued to its mount with a separate slide of 3 legs made and labelled by Theobald; additional legs glued to pinned mount seem to be wrongly associated with the type, see Townsend, B.C. 1990. Culicidae. 35–152 in Townsend, B.C., Chainey, J.E., Crosskey, R.W., Pont, A.C., Lane, R.P., Boorman, J.P.T. & Lowry, C.A. A catalogue of the types of bloodsucking flies in the British Museum (Natural History). Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 7: 1–371 [89]), Suva (Viti Levu), Fiji Ils.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. [225] (new synonymy; details of each taxonomic decision for synonymy)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread throughout coastal and tropical areas of Afrotropical and Oriental Regions
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: pest, volant.
Larva: aquatic.
Extra Ecological Information
Adult common in the bush and readily attacks humans, horses, sheep, fowl, pigs, cattle, dogs and bats; adults caught in light and animal-baited traps; very serious pest in some parts of Queensland, Northern Territory and the north coast of New South Wales and intertidal areas of industrial importance; possible but unconfirmed pollinator of Pterostylis ophioglossa R.Br. [Orchidaceae]; vector of Ross River virus and Wuchereria bancrofti (bancroftian filariasis); possible vector of Dengue virus; isolation of Eubenangee and reovirus type 3 virus strains from collections; experimental infection of Dirofilaria immitis (canine heartworm) leading to maturation of larvae to infective stage (to a limited degree); larva found in coastal brackish swamps and marsh pools left by high tides, crab holes, coral pockets, hollow stumps, weedy lagoons, inland waterholes, puddles, ponds, wells, ditches, freshwater pools, rock pools in salt marsh, mangrove and nipa palm swamps, seepage pools and artificial containers such as drains, boats, canoes and tanks; for extensive biological information see Lee et al. (1989: 238).
General References
Evenhuis, N.L. & Gon, S.M. III 1989. 22. Family Culicidae. pp. 191-218 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden : Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill 1155 pp. [207] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
History of changes
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| 20-Apr-2012 | 20-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |