NEOTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: Scimitar (English); reference to shape of gonostylus
Type locality: Hog Island, Bahama Islands
Type depository: U S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Bahamas, Cuba.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Branch & Seabrook 1959: 217 (M*, F)
Bram 1967a: 98 (M*, F, L)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Bram, R.A. (1967a). Classification of Culex subgenus Culex in the New World (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 120(3557), 1–122.
Branch, N., & Seabrook, E.L. (1959). Culex (Culex) scimitar, a new species of mosquito from the Bahama Islands (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 61(5), 216–218.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Culex scimitar species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/mosquitoes/vectorspecies/cx_scimitar, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
