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Wiedemann
1828:542 (F)
Sumatra (ZMC).
Synonyms
impellens
Walker
1859:91 (F). Type-loc: Makessar, Celebes (BM).
microannulatus
Theobald 1901a:353 (M*, F*). Type-loc:
Quilon, Travancore, Madras, and Shahjahanpur, [United] Provinces,
[India] (BM).
bancroftii
Theobald 1901a:367
(F*; as ssp.). Type-loc: Burpengary, Queensland, Australia (BM).
Stone,
Knight, and Starcke 1959:241 (syn.).
Marks in
Lee, Hicks, Debenham, Griffiths, Marks and Bryan 1989a:36 (from
syn with annulirostris.).
gnophodes
Theobald 1903c:163 (F). Type-loc:
Bruas, Dindings, [Malaya] (BM).
somaliensis
Neveu-Lemaire
1906:254 (M*, F*). Type-loc: Djibouti, French Somaliland
(NE?).
nigricephala
Leicester 1908:149
(M, F). Type-loc: Batu Gajah, [Perak], Malaya (NE).
salus
Theobald 1908c:256 (M*, F*). Type-loc: Port Sudan,
[Kassala],Sudan (BM).
mauritanicus
Callot.
1940:362 (L*). Type-loc: Taghjicht, [Grand Atlas Region],
Morocco (IPS).
Harbach
1988:87 (lectotype desig.).
jepsoni
Theobald 1910b:158 (F*). Type-loc: Suva, [Viti Levu], Fiji (BM).
saibaii
Taylor 1912b:28 (F). Type-loc: Saibai
Island, Torres Strait (ANIC).
Lee,
Hicks, Debenham, Griffiths, Marks and Bryan 1989a:225 (type
info).
paludis
Taylor 1913:56 (F; Culicelsa). Type-loc: Townsville, Queensland,
Australia (ANIC).
Lee,
Hicks, Debenham, Griffiths, Marks and Bryan 1989a:225 (type
info.).
annulata
Taylor 1914c:689 (M, F*; Culicada). Type-loc:
Townsville, Queensland, Australia (ANIC).
Lee,
Hicks, Debenham, Griffiths, Marks and Bryan 1989a:225 (type
info.).
milni
Taylor
1914d:196 (M*, F; Culicelsa annulirostris var.). Type-loc:
Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea (ANIC).
Lee,
Hicks, Debenham, Griffiths, Marks and Bryan 1989a:225 (type
info.).
salinus
Baisas 1938:204 (M*, F*, P*, L). Type-loc: Caloocan, Rizal,
Luzon, Philippines (NE).
Bionomics
Larvae are found in brackish,salt and fresh groundwater habitats
and some artifical containers in coastal areas.
Females feed primarily on birds and pigs, but will bite man
(Harbach 1988).
Medical Importance
Possible vector of Japanese B encephalitis. It has been found
naturally infected with Brugia malayi in Thailand (Harbach
1988).
Additional References
Edwards
1941:296 (M*, F),417 (P).
Williams
1943:215 (F*, L*).
Bohart and Ingram 1946b:18(M*,L*; tax.).
Penn
1949b:80 (P*).
Yamaguti
and LaCasse 1950:30 (M*, F*, L*).
Iyengar
and Menon 1955:7 (M*, L*).
Mattingly and Knight 1956:104 (F, L; tax.).
Delfinado
1966a:151 (M*, F, L*; syn.).
Bram
1967b:239 (M*, F*, P*, L*).
Lofti 1970:401 (n. distr.).
Worth
and de Meillon 1960:247 (distr.).
Maffi
and Taylor 1974:207 (distr.).
Rickenbach,
Eouzan, Ferrara and Bailly-Choumara 1976:96 (distr.).
Sirivanakarn
1976:95 (M*, F*, P*, L*; distr.).
Harbach
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Distribution
Australia, Bangladesh, Burma, Cameroon,
Djibouti, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan (Ryukyu Is.), Kenya,
Korea, Madagascar, Malaysia, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Guinea,
Oman, Philippines, Santa Cruz Is., Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Socotra,
South Pacific, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, United
Arab Emirates, P.D.R.Yemen, Yemen A.R.
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