Culex luteopleurus (Theobald, 1903)

NEOTROPICAL REGION

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Etymology: yellow-sided (L); pleura bright yellow

Type locality: Para, Brazil

Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Berlin & Belkin 1980

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

adult mosquito key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

 

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Brazil.

Distribution

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Theobald 1903a: 239 (F; Melanoconion)

Duret & Damasceno 1955: 397 (M*; taxonomy)

Belkin 1968b: 17 (to subgenus Micraedes)

Belkin et al. 1971: 27 (new combination)

Berlin & Belkin 1980: 54 (M*; key, taxonomy, bionomics, distribution)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Belkin, J.N. (1968b). Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). IX. The type specimens of New World mosquitoes in European museums. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 3(4), 1–69.

Belkin, J.N., Schick, R.X., & Heinemann, S.J. (1971). Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). XXV. Mosquitoes originally described from Brazil. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 7(5), 1–64.

Berlin, O.G.W., & Belkin, J.N. (1980). Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). 36. Subgenera Aedinus, Tinolestes and Anoedioporpa of Culex. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 17(2), 1–104.

Duret, J.P., & Damasceno, R.G. (1955). Notas sobre Culex (Tinolestes) de Pará, Brasil (Diptera Culicidae). Revista Ecuatoriana de entomología y parasitología Guayaquil, 2(3–4), 393–409.

Theobald, F.V. (1903a). A monograph of the Culicidae of the World (Vol. 3). London, England: British Museum (Natural History).

 

CITE THIS PAGE

Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Culex luteopleurus species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/mosquitoes/vectorspecies/cx_luteopleurus, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].