Opifex fuscus

Opifex fuscus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Culicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Culicoidea

Familia: Culicidae
Subfamilia: Culicinae
Tribus: Aedini
Genus: Opifex

Species: Opifex fuscus

Name

• Opifex fuscus Hutton, 1902
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: Belkin (1968: 84)
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: CMNZ
  • Type locality: 'Wellington, N. Z.'

References

• Belkin, J.N. 1962: The mosquitoes of the South Pacific (Diptera, Culicidae). 2 vols. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. [Publication date: 'date of issue: July 18, 1962', sourced from inside vol. 1]
• Belkin, J.N. 1968. Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). VII. The Culicidae of New Zealand. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 3(1): 1–182. BHL. Reference page. 
• 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.
• Edwards, F.W. 1921: Mosquito notes.-II. Bulletin of entomological research, 12 (1): 69–80. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485300044874
• Edwards, F.W. 1924: A synopsis of the adult mosquitos of the Australasian region. Bulletin of entomological research, 14 (4): 351–401. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485300045624 BUGZ PDF
• Haeger, J.S.; Provost, M.W. 1965: Colonization and biology of Opifex fuscus. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, zoology, 6: 21–31. BUGZ
• Kirk, H.B. 1923(1922): Notes on the mating-habits and early life-history of the culicid Opifex fuscus Hutton. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 54: 400–406. BUGZ
• Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page. 
• Manning, D.L. 1978: Mouthparts of larvae of Opifex fuscus and Aedes australis (Diptera: Culicidae); a scanning electron microscope study. New Zealand journal of zoology, 5 (4): 801–806. BUGZ
• Marks, E.N. 1958: Notes on Opifex fuscus Hutton (Diptera: Culicidae) and the scope for further research on it. New Zealand entomologist, 2 (2): 20–25. BUGZ PDF
• McGregor, D.D. 1963: Mouth-brush dimorphism in larvae of Opifex fuscus Hutton (Diptera, Culicidae). Bulletin of entomological research, 54 (2): 325–327. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485300048811 BUGZ PDF
• McGregor, D.D. 1965: Aspects of the biology of Opifex fuscus Hutton (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (A), 40 (1-3): 9–14. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1965.tb00293.x BUGZ PDF
• Miller, D. 1922: A remarkable mosquito, Opifex fuscus Hutton. Bulletin of entomological research, 13 (1): 115–126. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485300045284
• Nicolson, S.W. 1972: Osmoregulation in larvae of the New Zealand salt-water mosquito Opifex fuscus Hutton. Journal of entomology (A), 47 (1): 101–108. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1972.tb00013.x
• Slooten, E.; Lambert, D.M. 1983: Evolutionary studies of the New Zealand coastal mosquito Opifex fuscus (Hutton). I. Mating behaviour. Behaviour, 84 (1-2): 157–172. JSTOR
• Slooten, E.; Lambert, D.M. 1984: Evolutionary studies of the New Zealand coastal mosquito Opifex fuscus (Hutton). II. Competition for males. Behaviour, 88 (1-2): 1–12. JSTOR
• 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.; Knox, R.L.; Cane, R.P. 2010: Aspects of nutrition and oviposition in the endemic rockpool mosquito Opifex fuscus Hutton (Diptera: Culicidae). New Zealand entomologist, 33: 79–83.
• Watt, J.C. 1978: Opifex fuscus (Diptera: Culicidae) on l'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands. New Zealand entomologist, 6 (4): 389. BUGZ PDF

see also references under

• Coelomomyces opifexi

Links

• Cheng, L. (2010). Opifex fuscus Hutton, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414084 on 2011-06-19
• EoL
• Keys to the mosquitoes of New Zealand