Author
- (Skuse)
- 1894(1895):20 (F*; Culex)
- Calcutta, [West Bengal], India (USNM)
Distribution
- Issas and Afars, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Bonin Islands,
Chagos Islands, Greece, Guatemala, Hawaiian Islands, India, Italy,
Japan (Ryukyu Is.), Korea, Madagascar, Mariana Islands, Mauritius,
Mexico, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Reunion, Seychelles, United
States
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Synonyms
- samarensis Ludlow
- 1903:138 (A; Stegomyia scutellaris ssp.)
- Type-loc: Samar, Philippines (USNM)
- nigritia
- quasinigritia
Bionomics
- Immatures are found in natural containers, including treeholes,
bamboo stumps, coconut shells, rockholes, palm fronds, and leaf
axils. They are also found in all varieties of artifical containers
and will breed indoors. Females readily bite man (Huang 1972).
Medical Importance
- Vector of dengue and yellow fever in the wild. Under laboratory
conditions: bird malarias, Eastern and Western equine encephalitis,
West Nile, chikungunya and Japanese encephalitis viruses (Huang
1972).
Additional References
- Barraud
1934:233 (M*, F*, L*).
Edwards
1941:153 (A), 391 (P*).
Bohart and Ingram 1946b:5,35,64 (M*, F*, L*).
LaCasse and Yamaguti 1950:111 (M*, F*, P*, L*).
Knight
and Hull 1952:176 (M*, F, L).
Mattingly 1953a:17 (tax.), 49 (distr.).
Horsfall
1955: 506 (review).
Hara
1957:65 (F*).
Bullock 1960:167 (E*).
Huang
1968c:297 (M*, F*, P*; neotype).
Matsuo, Yoshida, and Kunou 1972:359 (E*).
Huang
1972c:13 (M*, F*, P*, L*).
Colless
1973:226 (n. distr.).
Joshi,
Pradhan and Darsie 1965:138 (distr.).
Ree, Self, Hong and Lee 1973:383 (distr.).
Matsuo, Yoshida and Lien 1974:180 (E*).
Tanaka,
Saugstad and Mizusawa 1975:223 (distr.).
Pozza and Mojori 1992:318 (distr., Italy).
Savage,
Ezike, Nwankwo, Spiegel and Miller 1992:101 (distr., Nigeria).
Ibanez-Bernal and Martinez-Campos 1994:231 (distr. ,Mexico).
Ogata and Samayoa 1996:503 (distr., Guatemala).
Adhami
and Reiter 1998:340 (distr., Albania)
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