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Author: Skuse.
1889:1737
(F)
Blue Mountains and Berowra, New South Wales,
Australia (MM).
Distribution
Australia, Fiji Islands, Micronesia,
Philippines, South Pacific
Synonyms
jepsoni
Bahr 1912:18 (F*). Type-loc: Fiji Islands (BM).
somerseti
Taylor1912b:28 (F).Type-loc: Somerset, Queensland, Australia
(ANIC).
Lee, Hicks, Debenham, Griffiths,
Marks and Bryan 1989a:36 (type info.).
consimilis
Taylor
1913:55 (M*, F; Culicelsa). Type-loc: Ayr, Queensland, Australia (ANIC).
Lee, Hicks, Debenham, Griffiths,
Marks and Bryan 1989a:36 (type info.).
simplex
Taylor 1914c:698 (F*; Culicelsa). Type-loc: Townsville, Queensland,
Australia (ANIC).
palmi
Baisas 1938:207
(M*, F*, P*, L). Type-loc: Paranaque, Rizal, Luzon, Philippines (NE).
Lee, Hicks, Debenham, Griffiths,
Marks and Bryan 1989a:36 (type info.).
Bionomics
Larvae are found in clean water with
emergent vegetation and algae, including ditches, marshes, shallow
wells and cement tanks and rock pools containing algae (Knight
and Hurlbut 1949, Belkin 1962).
Medical Importance
Vector status in the Philippines is unknown. In New Guinea it is an important
vector of W. bancrofti (Belkin 1962).
Additional References
Knight and Hurlbut 1949:30 (M*,
F, P, L*; tax.).
Penn 1949b:81 (P*).
Miller and Phillips 1952:23
(F*, L*).
Bohart 1956(1957):80 (M*, F,
L*).
Belkin 1962a:207 (M*, F, P*,
L*).
Dobrotworsky 1965:207 (M*,
F*, L*).
Delfinado 1966a:139 (M*, F,
L*; syn.).
Sirivanakarn 1976:107
(M*, F, P*, L*; distr.). |
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