Culex quitensis Leví-Castillo, 1953

NEOTROPICAL REGION

Family
Subfamily
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Genus
Subgenus

 

Etymology: Quito, Ecuador 

Type locality: Quito [Pichincha], Ecuador

Type depository: Type non-existent (NE) 

TAXONOMIC KEYS

None

 

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Culex quitensis DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Ecuador.

 

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Leví-Castillo 1953a: 190 (M*, F, P*, L*)

Bram 1967a: 111 (unrecognized sp.)

 

 

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.

Leví-Castillo, R. (1953a). Observations on the subgenus Phalangomyia of the genus Culex in Ecuador with description of a new species (Diptera: Culicidae). Pacific Science, 7(2), 187–192.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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