Author
(Taylor)
- 1915:182 (M, F; as Culex)
- Normanton, Queensland, Australia (US).
Distribution
- Australia
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Synonyms
Bionomics
- Breeds in casual fresh-water pools or swampy areas resulting
from heavy rain, fully or partially exposed to the sun, and varying
in extent from about 4 sq. ft. to 2 acres. Pools may occur in
natural depressions, dry water courses, or man-made excavations,
including country road gutters and earth formed street water
channels in semi-rural areas. Sides and bottom of pools may be
earth, mud or gravel, without vegetation or have marginal grasses
only, or grassy bottom, sometimes with weeds and sedges. Edges
of pools may be shallow, sloping or steep. Water depth varies
from 1 inch to 2 feet, and may be clear, slightly discoloured
or muddy, or slightly polluted by animal manures. Larvae may
also be found in hoof prints round the margins of such pools.
Females readily bite man during the day. (Marks 1949).
Medical Importance
- Vector of Murray Valley Fever and Ross River Virus (Marks 1949).
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