. Blood-sucking mosquitoes of the subtribe Culisetina (Diptera, Culicidae) in world fauna. Mosquitoes. 237 littleri Tayl.: Stone, Knight and Starcke, 1959: 220. Austrotheobaldia littleri Dobrotw.: Maslov, 1963: 810, 1964a: 214. Adult mosquito. The length of the wing is mm and of the proboscis mm. The proboscis and the palps uniformly dark. Three thin spiracular setae. Each lateral lobe of the scutellum has 4-6 and on an average 6-8, long marginal setae. Legs uniformly dark without rings or light scales. Abdominal tergites uniformly dark. On the 8th tergite of the females, the s
. Blood-sucking mosquitoes of the subtribe Culisetina (Diptera, Culicidae) in world fauna. Mosquitoes. 237 littleri Tayl.: Stone, Knight and Starcke, 1959: 220. Austrotheobaldia littleri Dobrotw.: Maslov, 1963: 810, 1964a: 214. Adult mosquito. The length of the wing is mm and of the proboscis mm. The proboscis and the palps uniformly dark. Three thin spiracular setae. Each lateral lobe of the scutellum has 4-6 and on an average 6-8, long marginal setae. Legs uniformly dark without rings or light scales. Abdominal tergites uniformly dark. On the 8th tergite of the females, the scales are mixed, dark and light (Fig. 21, 4). Hypopygium shown in Fig. 96, a. On each lobe of the 9th tergite, 4-7 (up to 10) setae. Gonocoxites moderately long (index around 3). Heavy spines on the apex of the lateral lobe. Fourth instar larva (Fig. 96, b and c). Body color rusty brown. Antennae nearly as long as the head. Antennal tuft consists of 7 branches. Setae on the head weakly branched. Outer frontal seta moderately long (slightly shorter than the length of the head), with 2 branches; median frontal—simple, twice as long as the head; inner frontal over times the length of the head, with 2-3 branches. Postclypeal seta small, simple. The comb has 16-30 small scales in the basal row and 8-15 long scales gathered in the usual "spot" of scales. Branching of the setae posterior to the comb: 8-9; 1; 3-5; 1; 3. Siphon long (index 7). Siphon seta simple or with two branches. On the pecten, 13-14 small, triangular teeth, not reaching the base of the siphon seta. Lateral seta of the saddle as long as the saddle, simple. Outer caudal seta consists of a single very long branch and two extremely short additional small branches. The ventral brush has only 10-11 setae set on the common base. Distribution (Fig. 87). Australia (Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania). Biology. These are mosquitoes found in hilly forests, absent from human habitation. Attack large mammals an
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