Major Group: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Subfamily: Culicinae |
Descriptive Features: respiratory siphon present
respiratory spiracles present on siphon
antenna non-prehensile
mouth brushes present
3 thoracic segments fused and enlarged, broader than abdominal segments
prolegs not present on any segment
head capsule complete, not retractile into thorax
mandibles usually with several teeth
abdomen 9-segmented
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Aedes sp. |
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Taxonomic Checklist: Genera
Aedeomyia
Aedimorphus
Coquillettidia
Culex
Culiseta
Dobrotworskyius
Edwardsaedes imprimens (Walker, 1860)
Finlaya
Halaedes
Hodgesia
Leptosomatomyia aurimargo (Edwards, 1922)
Lorrainea dasyorrhus (King & Hoogstraal, 1946)
Lutzia halifaxii (Theobald, 1903)
Macleaya
Malaya
Mansonia
Mimomyia
Molpemyia
Mucidus
Neomelaniconion lineatopenne (Ludlow, 1905)
Ochlerotatus
'Ochlerotatus' daliensis (Taylor, 1916)
Orthopodomyia papuensis Zavortink, 1968
Patmarksia
Phagomyia iwi (Marks, 1955)
Rampamyia
Rhinoskusea longirostris (Leicester, 1908)
Stegomyia
Toxorhynchites
Tripteroides
Uranotaenia
Verrallina
Note: In the literature of 2004 to 2009, there were multiple changes of the taxonomic status of species and genera names. To determine the change for a particular genus or species go to http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/CULICINAE/names |
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Distribution: Australia wide
Functional Feeding Group: filtering collectors, scrapers, predators |
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Black Jungle Springs in Kakadu NP, NT |
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Information Sources: ABRS 2012, Bugledich 1999, Williams 1980, Evenhuis 2008
Key to Genera: Russell 1993 (SE Aus, incomplete)
Key to Species: Russell 1993 (SE Aus, incomplete)
Note: There has been significant revision of the species since this key was written. |
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