Reports & Literature

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New Zealand Mosquito Surveillance

Shaun Yu. Surveillance, Volume 42, Issue 4, Dec 2015. The Possibility of a Dengue Outbreak Occurring in New Zealand.  

Brian Kay, Richard Russell Editors: Book (2013); Mosquito Eradication: The Story of Killing Campto.
Csiro Publishing, 15/11/2013 - MEDICAL - 280 pages. ISBN 1486300588, 9781486300587

Disbury M, Fynmore N, McGinn D, Cane R. Surveillance, Volume 38, Issue 4, pp 44-46, Dec 2011 The National Exotic Saltmarsh Surveillance Programme.

Singe, M., R.P. Cane and M. Disbury. 2008. Development of the New Zealand National Exotic Saltmarsh Mosquito Surveillance Programme (NSP). Mosquito Bites in the Asia Pacific Region 3(1): 31-34.

McGinn D, Cane R. Surveillance, Volume 38, Issue 1, pp 53-56, Mar 2011 High risk exotic mosquitoes of interest to New Zealand.

Holder, P., S. George, M. Disbury, M. Singe, J.M. Kean and A. McFadden. 2010. A biosecurity response to Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) In Auckland, New Zealand. Journal of Medical Entomology 47:600-609.

M.Disbury, P.P. Cane and M.Singe. 2008. EXOTIC MOSQUITOES POST BORDER SURVEILLANCE. 

Cane, R.P. and Gilbert, S. 2006. Unpublished report for the Ministry of Health, Wellington, New Zealand. 26pp.

Frampton, E.R. 2005. Pathways of Entry and Spread of Exotic Mosquitoes, with Particular Reference to Southern Saltmarsh Mosquito, Ochlerotatus camptorhynchus. Report for the Ministry of Health, January 2005. 70pp.

Hearnden, M.N. 1999. A health risk assessment for the establishment of the exotic mosquitoes Aedes camptorhynchus and Culex australicus in Napier, New Zealand. Wellington School of Medicine, University of Otago. 13pp.

Ministry of Health. 2003. Health Information Pamphlet No. 1: Mosquito Response Programme - Ross River Virus disease and spraying with B.t.i.

Ministry of Health. 2003. Health Information Pamphlet No. 2: Mosquito Response Programme - S-methoprene

Ministry of Health. 2003. Mosquitoes, Why We Should Clean Up Our Backyard?

Public Health Group, Ministry of Health. 1997. Exclusion and Control of Exotic Mosquitoes of Public Health Significance. Report for the Ministry of Health. June 1997 (revised September 1997). 40pp.

Ritchie, S.A. and Russell, R.C. 2002. A Review of the New Zealand Mosquito Surveillance Programme. Report for the Ministry of Health, May 2002. 47pp.

Mackereth, G. etal. 2007. Vectors and Vector Borne Diseases: Ecological Research and Surevillance Development In New Zealand. Risk Assessment. A cross departmental research pool funded project. 68pp.

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Mosquito Control Products

Glare, T.R. and O'Callaghan, M. 1998. Environmental and health impacts of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis. Report for the Ministry of Health, July 1998.  58pp.

Glare, T.R.and O'Callaghan, M. 1999. Environmental and health impacts of the insect juvenile hormone analogue, S-methoprene.  Report for the Ministry of Health, March 1999.  106pp.

Stark, J.D. 2005a. A Review and Update of the Report "Environmental and health impacts of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis" 1998 by Travis R. Glare and Maureen O'Callaghan. Report for the Ministry of Health, May 2005. 32pp.

Stark, J.D. 2005b. A Review and Update of the Report "Environmental and health impacts of the insect juvenile hormone analogue, S-methoprene" 1999 by Travis R. Glare and Maureen O'Callaghan. Report for the Ministry of Health, May 2005. 32pp.

U.S.A. Environmental Protection Agency. 2001. Pesticide Fact Sheet - Methoprene. 9pp.

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Mosquito Taxonomy - New Zealand Species

Belkin, J.N. 1962. The mosquitoes of the South Pacific.Vols. I and II. Berkley:University of California Press.

Belkin, J.N. 1968. Mosquito studies (Diptera: Culicidae) VII. The Culicidae of New Zealand. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 3(1): 1-181.

Debenham, M.L. and Hicks, M.M. 1989. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region Volume 12. Entomology Monograph  No.2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.

Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1960. The subgenus Ochlerotatus in the Australian Region (Diptera: Culicidae). III. Review of the Victorian Species of perkinsi and cunabulanussections with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales 85: 53-74.

Dobrotworsky, N.V. 1965. The mosquitoes of Victoria (Diptera: Culicidae). Victoria: Melbourne University press.

Dumbleton. L.J. 1962. A new species and new sub-genus of Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Science 5(1): 17-27.

Dumbleton, L. J. 1965. Developmental stages and biology of Culiseta tonnoiri (Edwards) and a note on Culex pervigilans Bergroth (Diptera: Culicidae). New Zealand Journal of Science 8(2): 137-143.

Dumbleton, L. J. 1968. A synopsis of the New Zealand mosquitoes (Diptera Culicidae) and a key to the larvae. Tuatara 16(3): 167-179.

Haegar, J.S. and Provost, M.W. 1965. Colonization and biology of Opifex fuscus. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand6(3): 21-31.

Kirk, H.B. 1923. Notes on the mating-habits and early life-history of the Culicid Opifex fuscus Hutton. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 54: 400-406.

Klein, J.M. and Marks, E.N. 1960. Australian mosquitoes described by Macquart I. species in the Paris museum, Aedes (Finlaya) alboannulatus (Macquart), Aedes (Finlaya) rubrithorax (Macquart), Aedes (Ochlerotatus) albirostris (Macquart). New synonymy and a new species from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales 85: 107-116.

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Debenham, M.L., Griffiths, E.N., Bryan, J.H. and Marks, E.N. 1988a. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region Volume 9. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Debenham, M.L., Griffiths, E.N., Bryan, J.H. and Marks, E.N. 1988b. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region Volume 10. Entomology Monograph  No.2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Debenham, M.L., Griffiths, E.N., Marks, E.N., Bryan, J.H. and Russell, R.C.1989. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region Volume 7. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, E.N., Debenham, M.L.; Bryan, J.H., Russell, R.C., Geary, M. and Marks, E.N. 1988. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region Volume 6. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, E.N., Russell, R.C. and Marks E.N. 1982. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region Volume 2. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Griffiths, E.N., Russell, R.C. and Marks, E.N. 1984. The Culicidae of the Australasian Region Volume 3. Entomology Monograph No. 2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.

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: 801-806.

Marks, E.N. and Nye, E.R. 1963. The Subgenus Ochlerotatus in the Australasian Region (Diptera: Culicidae) VI - The New Zealand Species. Transactions of the Royal Society of  New Zealand (Zool.) 14(2): 49-60.

Mattingly, P.F. and Marks, E.N. 1955. Some Australian mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) of the subgenera Pseudoskusea and Neoculex. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales80: 163-176.

McGregor, D.D. 1963. Mouth-brush dimorphism in larvae of Opifex fuscus Hutton (Diptera, Culicidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 52(2): 325-329.

McGregor, D.D. 1965. Aspects of the biology of Opifex fuscus Hutton (Diptera: Culicidae). The Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London40(1-3): 9-14.

Miller, D. and Phillips, W. J. 1952. Identification of New Zealand Mosquitoes.  Cawthron Institute New Zealand, Department of Health, Nelson, New Zealand, 28 pp.

Nye, E.R. 1962. Aedes (Pseudoskusea) australis Erichson (Diptera: Culicidae), New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 3: 33-34.

Nye, E.R. and McGregor, D.D. 1964. Mosquitoes of Otago. Records of the Otago Museum.  Zoology 1: 1-23.

Pillai JS. 1965. Notes on mosquitoes of New Zealand I. Maorigoeldia argyropus Walker (Diptera, Culicidae, Sabethini). New Zealand Entomologist3: 25-35.

Pillai, J.S. 1966. Culiseta novaezealandiae, a new species of the subgenus Climacura Felt (Diptera: Culicidae: Culisetini), with notes on its ecology and development. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Zool) 8(11): 125-133.

Pillai, J.S. 1968a. Notes on mosquitoes of New Zealand. II. The male terminalia of Culiseta (Climacura) tonnoiri and its ecology (Diptera: Culicidae: Culisetini). Journal of Medical Entomology 5: 355-357.

Reinert, J.F. 2000. New classification for the composite genus Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini), elevation of subgenus Ochlerotatus to generic rank, reclassificatio of the other subgenera, and notes on certain subgenera and species. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 16(3): 175-188.

Reinert, J.F. and Harbach, R.E. 2005. Generic and subgeneric status of Aedine mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) occurring in the Australasian Region. Zootaxa 887: 1-10.

Reinert, J.F., Harbach, R.E. and Kitching, I.J. 2004. Phylogeny and classification of Aedini (Dipteral: Culicidae), based on morphological characters of all life stages. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 142: 289-368.

Winterbourn, M.J., Gregson, K.L.D. and Dolphin, C.H.  2000. Guide to the aquatic insects of New Zealand. 3rd edition. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of New Zealand. 13: 102pp

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Other Mosquito Related Material

N Gyawali, R.S Bradbury, A W Taylor-Robinson, 2016. School of Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University. Do Neglected Australian Arboviruses Pose a Global Epidemic Threat?
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. Vol40.No.6.  

W C Varnado, J Goddard. 2016. Use of Vector Test for Advanced Warning of Human WNV Cases in Mississippi. Adcancement of the Science December. Vol 79 No.5. 

L Guillaumot, R Ofanoa, Lucien Swillen, N Singh, H C Bossin, F Schaffner. 2012. Distribution of Aedes alboptictus (Diptera, Culicidae) in Southwestern Pacific Countries. Published online 2012 Nov 6. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-247. Parasit Vectors.