Taxonavigation

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) PDF
• 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
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• 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