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The Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicoidea) of Papua Indonesia
The only represented family in Papua is Culicidae.
Listed Papua species: 134 (with certainty) [52 endemic species for Papua]
Species of which the occurance in Papua Indonesia is not certain are coloured grey.
CULICIDAE
Anophelinae
Anopheles Meigen, 1818
Sg. Anopheles Meigen, 1818
bancroftii Giles, 1902 [recorded from PNG]
papuensis Dobrotworsky, 1957
pseudobarbirostris Ludlow, 1902
Sg. Cellia Theobald, 1902
clowi Rozeboom & Knight, 1946
farauti Laveran, 1902 [recorded from PNG]
hinesorum Schmidt, 2001 [recorded from PNG]
koliensis Owen, 1945
longirostris Brug, 1928
punctulatus Doenitz, 1901 [recorded from PNG, type erroneously mentioned for Irian Jaya]
subpictus Grassi, 1899
Bironella Theobald, 1905
Sg. Bironella, 1905
gracilis Theobald, 1905
walchi Soesilo, 1932
occulta Bonne-Wepster, 1951Sg. Brugella Edwards, 1930
travestita (Brug, 1928)
Sg. Neobironella Tenoria, 1977
papuae (Swellengrebel & Swellengrebel de Graaf, 1919)
Culicinae
Aedeomyia Theobald, 1901
catasticta Knab, 1909 [recorded from PNG]
Aedes Meigen, 1818
Sg. Aedimorphus Theobald, 1903
alboscutellatus (Theobald, 1905) [recorded from PNG]
lowisii (Theobald, 1910) [recorded from PNG]
nocturnus (Theobald, 1903) [recorded from PNG]
Sg. Christophersiomyia Barraud, 1923
chionodes Belkin, 1962 [recorded from PNG]
Sg. Edwardsaedes Belkin, 1962
imprimens (Walker, 1960)
Sg. Finlaya Theobald, 1903
alticola Bonne-Wepster, 1948 [endemic]
anggiensis Bonne-Wepster, 1937
argenteitarsis Brug, 1932 [endemic]
aureostriatus (Doleschall, 1857) [recorded from PNG]
gani Bonne-Wepster, 1940 [endemic]
gracilelineatus Bonne-Wepster, 1937 [endemic]
hollandius King & Hoogstraal, 1946
josephinae Marks, 1958
kochi (Doenitz, 1901)
notoscriptus (Skuse, 1889)
novalbitarsis King & Hoogstraal, 1946
papuensis (Taylor, 1914)
plumiferus King & Hoogstraal, 1946 [endemic]
subalbitarsis King & Hoogstraal, 1946 [endemic]
toxopeusi Bonne-Wepster, 1948 [endemic]
wallacei Edwards, 1926
Sg. Geoskusea Edwards, 1929
lunulatus King & Hoogstraal, 1946 [endemic]
Sg. Huaedes Huang, 1968
medialis (Brug, 1932) [endemic]
variepictus (King & Hoogstraal, 1946) [endemic]
Sg. Mucidus Theobald, 1901
aurantius (Theobald, 1907) [recorded from PNG]
Sg. Neomelaniconion Newstead, 1907
lineatopennis (Ludlow, 1905)
Sg. Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891
inexpectatus Bonne-Wepster, 1948 [endemic]
purpuraceus Brug, 1932 [endemic]
vigilax (Skuse, 1880)
Sg. Rhinoskusea Edwards, 1929
longirostris (Leicester, 1908) [recorded from PNG]
Sg. Scutomyia Theobald, 1904
albolineatus (Theobald, 1904)
Sg. Stegomyia Theobald, 1901
aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) [recorded from PNG]
albopictus (Skuse, 1894) [recorded from PNG]
annandalei (Theobald, 1910) [recorded from PNG]
scutellaris (Walker, 1859)
Armigeres Theobald, 1901
Sg. Armigeres Theobald, 1901
breinli (Taylor, 1914) [recorded from PNG]
malayi (Theobald, 1901) [recorded from PNG]
milnensis Lee, 1944 [recorded from PNG]
papuensis Peters, 1963 [recorded from PNG]
Coquillettidia Dyar, 1905
Sg. Coquillettidia Dyar, 1905
fuscopteron Theobald, 1911
giblini (Taylor, 1914)
memorans (Bonne-Wepster, 1930)
nigrochracea (Bonne-Wepster, 1930)
ochracea (Theobald, 1903) [recorded from PNG]
Culex Linnaeus, 1758
Sg. Acallyntrum Stone & Penn, 1947
bicki Stone & Penn, 1947 [endemic]
binigrolineatus Knight & Rozeboom, 1945 [endemic]
Sg. Culex Linnaeus, 1758
annulirostris Skuse, 1889
miraculosus Bonne-Wepster, 1937 [endemic]
omani Belkin, 1962
perplexus Leicester, 1908 [recorded from PNG]
quinquefasciatus Say, 1823
fatigans Wiedemann, 1828sitiens Wiedemann, 1828
solitarius Bonne-Wepster, 1938 [endemic]
squamosus (Taylor, 1914)
Sg. Culiciomyia Theobald, 1907
fuscicinctus King & Hoogstraal, 1946 [endemic]
nailoni King & Hoogstraal, 1946 [endemic]
papuensis (Taylor, 1914)
pullus Theobald, 1905
muticus Edwards, 1923Sg. Eumelanomyia Theobald, 1909
brevipalpis (Giles, 1902) [recorded from PNG]
Sg. Lophoceraomyia Theobald, 1905
digoelensis Brug, 1932 [endemic]
fraudatrix (Theobald, 1905) [recorded from PNG]
gagnei Evenhuis, 1989
kuhnsi King & Hoogstraal, 1955
mercedesae Baisas, 1974leei King & Hoogstraal, 1955 [endemic]
marksae King & Hoogstrael, 1955 [endemic]
petersi Colless, 1960
shanahani Sirivanakarn, 1968
Sg. Neoculex Dyar, 1905
crassistylus Brug, 1934 [endemic]
pedicellus King & Hoogstraal, 1947 [endemic]
Sg. Oculeomyia Theobald, 1907
sinensis Theobald, 1903 [recorded from PNG]
Ficalbia Theobald, 1903
minima (Theobald, 1901) [recorded from PNG]
Hodgesia Theobald, 1904
quasisanguinae Leicester, 1908 [recorded from PNG]
triangulatus (Taylor, 1914)solomonis Belkin, 1962 [recorded from PNG]
spoliata Edwards, 1923
Lutzia Theobald, 1903
Sg. Metalutzia Tanaka, 2003
halifaxii (Theobald, 1903)
Malaya Leicester, 1908
genurostris Leicester, 1908
leei (Wharton, 1947)
Mansonia Blanchard, 1901
Sg. Mansonioides Theobald, 1907
annulifera (Theobald, 1901)
papuensis (Taylor, 1914)
septempunctata Theobald, 1905
bonnewepsterae Van den Assem, 1958uniformis (Theobald, 1901)
Mimomyia Theobald, 1903
Sg. Etorleptiomyia Theobald, 1904
elegans Taylor, 1914
Sg. Mimomyia Theobald, 1903
flavens (King & Hoogstraal, 1946) [endemic]
modesta (King & Hoogstraal, 1946) [endemic]
Orthopodomyia Theobald, 1904
papuensis Zavortink, 1968
Topomyia Leicester, 1908
Sg. Suaymyia Thurman, 1959
papuensis Marks, 1960
Sg. Topomyia Leicester, 1908
irianensis Miyagi & Toma, 1997 [endemic]
Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1901
Sg. Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1901
amboinensis (Doleschall, 1857)
speciosus (Skuse, 1889)
splendens (Wiedemann, 1819)
Tripteroides Giles, 1904
Sg. Polylepidomyia Theobald, 1905
altivallis Bonne-Wepster, 1948
argenteiventris (Theobald, 1905)
atra Taylor, 1914
brugi Edwards, 1927digoelensis Brug, 1934 [endemic]
microlepis (Edwards, 1927) [endemic]
Sg. Rachisoura Theobald, 1910
adentata Van den Assem, 1959 [endemic]
bisquamatus Lee, 1946
brevirhynchus Brug, 1934
concinnus Lee, 1946 [endemic]
cuttsi Van den Assem, 1959 [endemic]
exnebulis Bonne-Wepster, 1948 [endemic]
felicitatis Bonne-Wepster, 1948 [endemic]
filipes (Walker, 1861)
papua Brug, 1934flabelliger Bonne-Wepster, 1948 [endemic]
fuliginosus Lee, 1946 [endemic]
fuscipleura Lee, 1946 [endemic]
kingi Lee, 1946 [endemic]
latisquama (Edwards, 1927) [endemic]
leei Peters, 1959
longipalpatus Lee, 1946
obscurus Brug, 1934
pallidus Lee, 1946 [endemic]
pilosus Lee, 1946 [endemic]
plumiger Bonne-Wepster, 1948 [endemic]
simplex Brug, 1934 [endemic]
subnudipennis (Edwards, 1927) [endemic]
tityae Slooff, 1961 [endemic]
vanleeuweni (Edwards, 1927)
Sg. Tripteroides Giles, 1904
alboscutellatus Lee, 1946
bimaculipes (Theobald, 1905)
ornata Taylor, 1914elegans Brug, 1934
littlechildi (Edwards, 1930)
Uranotaenia Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891
Sg. Uranotaenia Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891
argyrotarsis Leicester, 1908 (recorded from PNG)
fimbriata King & Hoogstraal, 1947
gerdae Slooff, 1963 [endemic]
lateralis Ludlow, 1905
neotibialis King & Hoogstraal, 1947 [endemic]
setosa King & Hoogstraal, 1947
solomonis Belkin, 1953
subtibioclada King & Hoogstraal, 1947 [endemic]
Sg. Pseudoficalbia Theobald, 1912
diagonalis Brug, 1934
hirsutifemora Peters, 1964
obscura Edwards, 1915
papua Brug, 1924Verrallina Theobald, 1903
Sg. Neomacleaya Theobald, 1907
neomacrodixoa (King & Hoogstraal, 1947)
panayensis (Ludlow, 1914)
Sg. Verrallina Theobald, 1903
azureosquamata (Bonne-Wepster, 1948) [endemic]
bifoliata (King & Hoogstraal, 1947) [endemic]
carmenti (Edwards, 1924)
foliformis (King & Hoogstraal, 1947)
funerea (Theobald, 1903)
leilae (King & Hoogstraal, 1947)
lineata (Taylor, 1914)
ornata Theobald, 1905multifolium (King & Hoogstraal, 1947)
parasimilis (King & Hoogstraal, 1947) [endemic]
quadrifolium (Brug, 1934)
quadrispinata (King & Hoogstraal, 1947)
reesi (King & Hoogstraal, 1947)
sentania (King & Hoogstraal, 1947) [endemic]
similis (Theobald, 1910)
simplus (King & Hoogstraal, 1947) [endemic]
updated on 22 October 2006
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