<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT"%> Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) subalbirostris
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Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) subalbirostris  (Klein & Marks, 1960)

 

Endemic

New Zealand Status: Endemic

 Ochlerotatus subalbirostris is an endemic species known only from the southeastern South Island (Belkin 1968).

Vector and Disease Information

The vector status of Ochlerotatus subalbirostris is unknown (Holder 1999).

Distribution

NZ Distribution Map

Australasian Biogeographic Region
PRESENT; ENDEMIC.
New Zealand - Otago, Southland (Belkin 1968).

Rest of the World
NOT PRESENT.

Taxonomic Position

This species is placed in Section perkinsi of the subgenus Ochlerotatus, which includes 6 other species from the South Pacific.

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
Postspiracular setae Present
Pale scales of proboscis Widespread or in a patch, not forming a band
Scale patterns on the scutum ... Pale scales forming one or more, longitudinal lines
Decumbent scales on the vertex Mostly narrow, scale width uniform

 

Characteristic Features

A large species with dark-scaled wings; mottled femora; scutum mainly golden scaled without linear pattern. Wing: dark scaled with a small patch of pale scales (sometimes ventral only) at the base of the costa (Marks & Nye 1963).