Author
Skuse
- 1889:1737
(F)
- Blue Mountains and Berowra, New South Wales, Australia (MM)
Distribution
- Australia, Fiji Islands, Micronesia, Philippines, South Pacific
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Synonyms
- jepsoni
- Bahr 1912:18 (F*)
- Type-loc: Fiji Islands (BM)
- somerseti
- consimilis
- 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.).
