AFROTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: Nearly (L); similar to guiarti
Type locality: Mpumu, Uganda
Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar (includes Glorioso and Juan De Nova Islands), Mali, Rwanda, Uganda.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Theobald 1910c: 374 (M, F*)
Edwards 1941: 334 (M*, F; taxonomy, from synonym with pallidocephalus and pipiens)
van Someren 1956: 10 (P, L; taxonomy)
Rickenbach et al. 1976: 97 (distribution)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Edwards, F.W. (1941). Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region. III. Culicine adults and pupae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology.
Rickenbach, A., Eouzan, J.-P., Ferrara, L., & Bailly-Choumara, H. (1976). Données nouvelles sur la presence, la frequence et la repartition des Toxorhynchitinae et Culicinae (Diptera, Culicidae) au Cameroun. 2. Genres Eretmapodites et Culex. Cahiers ORSTOM. Série entomologie médicale et parasitologie, 14(2), 93–100.
Theobald, F.V. (1910c). A monograph of the Culicidae of the World. (Vol. 5). London, England:. British Museum (Natural History).
van Someren, E.C.C. (1956). Undescribed culicine larvae and pupae from Uganda. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society B, 25(1–2), 3–12.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Culex quasiguiarti species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/mosquitoes/vectorspecies/cx_quasiguiarti, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
