Culiseta novaezealandiae

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Culiseta novaezealandiae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Culiseta
Species:
C. novaezealandiae
Binomial name
Culiseta novaezealandiae
Pillai, 1966 [1]

Culiseta novaezealandiae is a species of mosquito. [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [3] It is found in Southland [4] and Otago. [1] This species was first described by J. S. Pillai in 1966 using specimens collected at Tahakopa. [1] The habitat of this species in its larval stage is coastal broadleaf swamp. [4] It has been hypothesised that the hosts of C. novaezealandiae are birds. [4] This mosquito species is regarded as being unlikely to be an arbovirus vector. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Pillai, J. S. (1966). "Culiseta novaezealandiae, a new species of the subgenus Climacura Felt (Diptera, Culicidae: Culisetini), with notes on its ecology and development". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Zoology. 8 (11): 125–133.
  2. ↑ "Culiseta novaezealandiae Pillai, 1966". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Culiseta species". www.landcareresearch.co.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 Holder, Peter; Browne, G.; Bullians, M. (1999). "The mosquitoes of New Zealand and their animal disease significance" (PDF). Surveillance. 26: 12–15.
  5. ↑ Weinstein, Philip; Laird, Marshall; Browne, Gene N. (1997). Exotic and endemic mosquitoes in New Zealand as potential arbovirus vectors (PDF). Wellington: Ministry of Health. p. 16.
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