Author: (Theobald)
1907:379
(F; as Culicelsa).
Osaka, [Honshu], Japan (BM).
Distribution
Canada, China, Japan (Marcus Island),
Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Russia
Synonyms
None
Bionomics
Larvae are common in coastal regions.
Larvae usually occur in tidal pools or rock pools of salt and
brackish water, also occasionally in containers with fresh water.
Females readily bite man throughout the day (Tanaka, Mizusawa
and Saugstad 1979).
Medical Importance
Possible vector of Brugia malayi,
Wuchereria bancrofti, Dirofilaria immitis and Japanese
encephalitis (Tanaka, Mizusawa and Saugstad 1979).
Additional References
Ho
1931:123 (M*, F).
Bohart and Ingram 1946b:66 (M*, F, P*,L *).
LaCasse
and Yamaguti 1950:161 (M*, F*, P*, L*; biol.)
Asanuma
and Nakagawa 1953:89 (P*).
Omori and Fujii 1953:23 (biol.).
Hara
1957:61 (F*)
Bullock 1960:167 (E*).
Gutsevich,
Monchadskii, and Stackelberg 1970:288 (n. distr.).
Matsuo,
Yoshida, and Kunou 1972:360 (E*).
Sollers-Riedel
1971:2 (distr.)
Gutsevich,
Monchadskii, and Stackelberg 1974:310 (M*, F, L*).
Matsuo, Yoshida and Lien 1974:187 (E*).
Tanaka,
Mizusawa and Saugstad. 1975a:331 (M*, F*, L*) |
