Author: Theobald
1901c:29
(M*,F*)
Salisbury, Rhodesia (BM).
Distribution
Burkina Faso, Bulgaria, Dahomey, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Niger, South
Africa, ?Spain, Middle East, ?Yemen, Zimbabwe
Synonyms
simplex Theobald 1903a:337
(F*; Heptaphlebomyia). Type-loc: Salisbury, Mashonaland, [Southern
Rhodesia] (BM).
montforti Ventrillon 1905a:448 (M*, F; Heptaphleobmyia). Type-loc:
Ankajobe, Madagascar (BM).
White 1975: 321 (lectotype
desig.).
Townsend 1990:106 (type
info.).
goughii Theobald
1911b:268 (syntype F* only). Type-loc: Onderstepoort, Transvaal (BM).
White 1975:320 (tax.).
Bionomics
Larvae are found in ground pools, marshy pools, barrow pits, stagnant drains and
streams, canals and shallow wells.
Females feed on birds and mammals other than man (Sirivanakarn 1976).
Medical Importance
Vector of West Nile and Sindbis viruses (Sirivanakarn 1976).
Additional References
Edwards 1941:306 (M*,
F*), 419 (P).
Hopkins 1952:291 (L*).
Mattingly and Knight 1956:104 (tax.).
Senevet, Andarelli,
and Lieutaud 1957:52 (M*, tax.).
Jupp 1970:9 (M*, tax.).
Jupp 1971:339 (tax.).
Jupp 1972:103 (M*; tax.).
Gutsevich, Monchadsky and Stackelberg
1974:385 (M*, F, L*).
White 1975:316,320 (tax.;
lectotype desig.; distr.).
Sirivanakarn
1976:48 (M*, F*, P ,L*;distr.). |
