Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Culex (Culex) rotoruae Belkin, 1968

New Zealand Status: Endemic

Native to New Zealand and found nowhere else.

Vector and Disease Information

Vector status of Culex rotoruae is unknown (Holder 1999).

Distribution

New Zealand (see map)

Ngawha (Dumbleton 1969), Waiwera Stream (Laird 1995), Rotorua (Belkin 1968).

Rest of the World

Not present

Taxonomic Position

Part of the Pervigilans complex of species, Group pipiens, and subgroup pipiens of the subgenus Culex.