AFROTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: lined (L); three thin pale lines on the thorax
Type locality: Onderstepoort, Transvaal [Republic of South Africa]
Type depository: Veterinary Research Laboratory, Onderstepoort, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa (VRL)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Jupp 1996
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Mozambique, Republic of South Africa.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Theobald 1912a: 92 (M, F; Pseudohowardina)
Edwards 1941: 253 (M*, F*; taxonomy: as pulchrithorax)
Danilov 1989 (from subgenus Maillotia)
Townsend 1990: 94 (type information)
Jupp 1996 (M*, F*; key)
Edwards 1914b: 73 (new name for lineata Theobald, not von Humboldt 1819)
Danilov 1989 (from subgenus Maillotia, synonymy)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
syn. pulchritohorax Edwards
1914b: 73 (new name for lineata Theobald, not von Humboldt 1819). References: Danilov 1989 (from subgenus Maillotia; synonymy)
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Danilov, V.N. (1989). Two new Afrotropical subgenera of the mosquito genus Culex (Diptera, Culicidae). Revue d’entomologie de l’URSS Entomologie Obozrenie, 68(4), 790–797 (Trans. pp. 112–120).
Edwards, F.W. (1914b). New species of Culicidae in the British museum, with notes on the genitalia of some african Culex. Bulletin of Entomological Research (London), 5(1), 63–81.
Edwards, F.W. (1941). Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region. III. Culicine adults and pupae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology.
Jupp, P.G. (1996). Mosquitoes of southern Africa. Culicinae and Toxorhynchitinae. Hartebeespoort, Republic of South Africa: Ekogilde.
Theobald, F.V. (1912a). Three new Culicidae from the Transvaal. The Entomologist, 45(586), 92–93.
Townsend, B.C. (1990). Culicidae. In B.C. Townsend, J. E. Chainey, R.W. Crosskey, A.C. Pont, R.P. Lane, J.P.T. Boorman, & C.A. Crouch (Eds.), A catalogue of the types of bloodsucking flies in the British Museum (Natural History) (pp. 35–152). London, England: British Museum (Natural History).
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Culex lineatus species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/mosquitoes/vectorspecies/cx_lineatus, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
