INDOMALAYAN REGION
Etymology: false (Gr); similar to vishnui
Type locality: Singapore
Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Harbach 1988: 111
Lee et al. 1989a: 162
Darsie & Pradhan 1990, 1991
Tanaka 2004a: 26
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Culex (Culex.) - Oriental - Larva
WRBU - Culex (Culex.) - Indomalayan - Adult
WRBU - Culex (Culex.) - Indomalayan - Larva
WRBU - Culex (Culex.) - Palearctic - Adult
Exemplar DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, People’s Republic of China (includes Hong Kong), Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Colless 1957a: 88 (M*, F, L*)
Delfinado 1966a: 147 (P, L*)
Bram 1967b: 222 (M*, F, L*; bion., distribution, taxonomy)
Reuben 1969: 648 (M*, F*, L*)
Miyagi & Iha 1970: 71 (taxonomy, distribution; as neovishnui)
Aslamkhan 1971b (distribution; Pakistan)
Basio 1971b: 58 (M*; bion.)
Matsuo & Iwaki 1972: 349 (taxnomy)
Matsuo & Ramalingam 1972: 55 (taxonomy)
Baisas 1974: 100 (M, F, P, L; taxonomy, bion., distribution; Philippines)
Lien et al. 1975 (distribution; as neovishnui)
Sirivanakarn 1975a: 72 (M*, F, P*, L*; distribution)
Tanaka et al. 1975c: 218 (distribution)
Sirivanakarn 1976: 116 (M*, F, P*, L*; distribution)
Tanaka et al. 1979: 152 (M*, F*, L*)
Zaim 1987: 568 (distribution)
Harbach 1988: 111 (M*, F, P*, L*; taxonomy, keys, bion., distribution)
Lee et al. 1989a: 162 (F; key, taxonomy, bion., distribution, review)
Darsie & Pradhan 1990, 1991 (F, L; taxonomy, keys, bion., distribution; Nepal)
Tanaka 2004a: 26 (P*; taxonomy, key)
Rattanarithikul et al. 2005b (F*, L*; bion., distribution, keys)
Robert et al. 2019 (distribution; Western Paleartic)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
syn. neovishnui Lien
1968d: 230 (M*, F, P*, L*). Type locality: Peiyuan, Tungho, Taitung, Taiwan [Republic of China] (TMRI). References: Sirivanakarn 1976: 116 (syn.).
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Aslamkhan, M. (1971b). The mosquitoes of Pakistan. I. A checklist. Mosquito Systematics, 3(4), 147–159.
Basio, R.G. (1971b). The Mosquito Fauna of the Philippines (Diptera Culicidae). Monograph No. 4). Manila, Philippines: National Museum of the Philippines.
Baisas, F.E. (1974). The mosquito fauna of Subic Bay Naval Reservation, Republic of the Philippines. San Francisco, CA: First Medical Service Wing (PACAF), Technical Report 72-2.
Bram, R.A. (1967b). Contributions to the mosquito fauna of Southeast Asia. II. The genus Culex in Thailand (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 2(1), 1–296.
Colless, D.H. (1957a). Notes on the culicine mosquitoes of Singapore. II. The Culex vishnui group (Diptera, Culicidae), with descriptions of two new species. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 51(1), 87–101.
Darsie, R.F., Jr., & Pradhan, S.P. (1990). The mosquitoes of Nepal: Their identification, distribution and biology. Mosquito Systematics, 22(2), 69–130.
Darsie, R.F., Jr., & Pradhan, S.P. (1991). The mosquitoes of Nepal their identification, distribution and biology. Index and corrigendum. Mosquito Systematics, 23(1), 46–49.
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Harbach, R.E. (1988). Mosquitoes of the subgenus Culex in southwestern Asia and Egypt (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 24(1), 1–240.
Lien, J.C., Kosman, L., Partono, F., Joesoef, A., Kosin, E., & Cross, J.H. (1975). A brief survey of mosquitoes in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Journal of Medical Entomology, 12(2), 233–239.
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Matsuo, K., & Iwaki, M. (1972). Morphological differences between Culex tritaeniorhynchus and Culex pseudovishnui adults from Japan. Journal of the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 81, 349–357.
Matsuo, K., & Ramalingam, S. (1972). Morphological characters of Culexseudovishnui larvae from Malaysia, Japan and Formosa. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 3, 55–61.
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Robert, V., Günay, F., Le Goff, G., Boussès, P., Sulesco, T., Khalin, A., Medlock, J.M., Kampen, H., Petrić, D., & Schaffner, F. (2019). Distribution chart for Euro-Mediterranean mosquitoes (western Palaearctic region). Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association, 37, 1–28.
Sirivanakarn, S. (1975a). The systematics of Culex vishnui complex in Southeast Asia with the diagnosis of three common species (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 7(1), 69–85.
Sirivanakarn, S. (1976). Medical entomology studies. III. A revision of the subgenus Culex in the Oriental region (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 12(2), 1–272.
Tanaka, K., Saugstad, E.S., & Mizusawa, K. (1975c). Mosquitoes of the Ryukyu Archipelago (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 7(3), 207–233.
Tanaka, K., Mizusawa, K., & Saugstad, E.S. (1979). A revision of the adult and larval mosquitoes of Japan (including the Ryukyu Archipelago and Ogasawara Islands) and Korea (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 16, 1–987.
Tanaka, K. (2004a). Studies on the pupal mosquitoes of Japan. 10. Culex (Culex) (Diptera, Culicidae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 10(1), 9–42.
Zaim, M. (1987). The distribution and larval habitat characteristics of Iranian Culicinae. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 3(4), 568–573.
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