Culex quasiguiarti Theobald, 1910

AFROTROPICAL REGION

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Etymology: Nearly (L); similar to guiarti

Type locality: Mpumu, Uganda

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

TAXONOMIC KEYS

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WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

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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

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CURRENT SUBSPECIES

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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].