Author: (Doenitz)
1901:38
(F; as Culex)
Dreyer Hafen b. Cap Cretin, New Guinea
(ZM).
Distribution
Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea,
Bismarck Archipelago
Synonyms
None
Bionomics
Immatures are found in the leaf axils
of banana, taro, pineapple, crinum, and pandanus. Females readily
bite both day and night in New Guinea and are night biters only
on New Britain (Marks 1947).
Medical Importance
Vector of Wuchereria bancrofti
in Papua New Guinea and New Britain (Marks 1947).
Additional References
Marks
1947a:10 (M*, F, P*, L*).
Townsend
1990:91 (syntype BM). |
