<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT"%> Maorigoeldia argyropus
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Maorigoeldia argyropus (Walker, 1848)

 

Endemic

New Zealand Status: Endemic

A clearly marked sabethine with full development of the mesonotal setae, it has retained the primitive ancestral condition not found in any other Old World species (Belkin 1968).

Vector and Disease Information

The vector status of Maorigoeldia argyropus is unknown (Holder 1999).

Distribution

NZ Distribution Map

Australasian Biogeographic Region
PRESENT; ENDEMIC.
New Zealand - North Auckland, Little Barrier Island, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, Westland Otago (Belkin 1968).

Rest of the World
NOT PRESENT.

Taxonomic Position

Subfamily Culicinae, tribe Sabethini, Maorigoeldia is an endemic genus with argyropus the single endemic and only species.

Diagnosis

A diagnosis is the minimum set of characters and states that will separate this taxon from all others in this set of taxa.

 

Diagnostic characters State
Prespiracular setae Present
Erect scales of the head Occiput only
Scale patterns on the scutum pale scales forming one or more, longitudinal lines

 

Characteristic Features

A beautiful large dark mosquito with striking silvery ornamentation with a very light bluish tinge (Belkin 1968).