Author: (Taylor)
1915:182 (M, F; as Culex).
Normanton, Queensland, Australia (US).
Distribution
Australia
Synonyms
None
Bionomics
Breeds in casual fresh-water pools or
swampy areas resulting from heavy rain, fully or partially exposed
to the sun, and varying in extent from about 4 sq. ft. to 2
acres. Pools may occur in natural depressions, dry water courses,
or man-made excavations, including country road gutters and
earth formed street water channels in semi-rural areas. Sides
and bottom of pools may be earth, mud or gravel, without vegetation
or have marginal grasses only, or grassy bottom, sometimes with
weeds and sedges. Edges of pools may be shallow, sloping or
steep. Water depth varies from 1 inch to 2 feet, and may be
clear, slightly discoloured or muddy, or slightly polluted by
animal manures. Larvae may also be found in hoof prints round
the margins of such pools. Females readily bite man during the
day. (Marks 1949).
Medical Importance
Vector of Murray Valley Fever and Ross River Virus (Marks 1949).
Additional References
Marks
1949:18 (M*, F, P*, L*).
Townsend
1990:112 (syntypes, BM). |
