Tripteroides (Polylepidomyia) tasmaniensis (Strickland, 1911)
New Zealand Status: Not Present
Tripteroides tasmaniensis has the potential to be invasive because it will breed in artifical containers (Russell 1993) and has been intercepted in New Zealand (Laird 1995).
Vector and Disease Information
Adult females attack humans mostly during the day in sheltered siuations. There is no known relation to disease (Russell 1993).
Distribution (based on Biogeographic Regions)
Australasian Biogeographic Region
New Zealand
Not present, intercepted
Intercepted 1993 (Laird 1995).
Australia
Present endemic
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (WRBU, 2001).
Rest of the World
Not present
Taxonomic Position
Tribe Sabethini.
Diagnosis
A diagnosis is the minimum set of characters and states that will separate this taxon from all others in this set of taxa.
| Diagnostic characters | State |
| Prespiracular setae | Present |
| Base of hind coxa in line with base of mesomeron | Yes |
Characteristic Features
A smallish brown mosquito with the proboscis all dark scaled and longer than the abdomen. Scutum densely covered with narrow light-bronze scales. Wings all dark scaled (Russell 1993).