Aedes chathamicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Culicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Culicoidea

Familia: Culicidae
Subfamilia: Culicinae
Tribus: Aedini
Genus: Aedes
Species: Aedes chathamicus

Name

• Aedes chathamicus Dumbleton, 1962
  • Authority for current placement: original
  • Combination: Opifex chathamicus
  • Combination: Ochlerotatus chathamicus
  • Original genus: Aedes
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: NZAC, as 'Entomology Division, D.S.I.R.'
  • Type locality: 'low rocky coast immediately adjoining the cliffs south of Point Weeding near Waitangi, Chatham Island'

References

• Belkin, J.N. 1968. Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). VII. The Culicidae of New Zealand. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 3(1): 1–182. BHL. Reference page. 
• Cane, R.P.; Courtney, R.J. 2009: But wait, there’s more…an update on the Chatham Island mosquitoes. Weta, 38: 24–30.
• Cane, R.P.; Disbury, M. 2010: An addition to the known distribution of New Zealand’s mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) from recent surveillance data, 2001-2009. Weta, 40: 14–22.
• Dumbleton, L.J. 1962: A new species and new sub-genus of Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) from New Zealand. New Zealand journal of science, 5 (1): 17–27. BUGZ PDF
• Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page. 
• Snell, A.E. 2005: Identification keys to larval and adult female mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 32 (2): 99–110. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2005.9518401
• Snell, A.E.; Sirvid, P.J. 2005: Mosquitoes of the Chatham Islands: notes on Opifex chathamicus (=Ochlerotatus chathamicus) (Dumbleton) (Diptera: Culicidae). Weta, 29: 6–8. PDF

Links

• Crosby, Trevor K. Primary type specimens in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC): Diptera. Version 1 - June 1997
• Keys to the mosquitoes of New Zealand