Culex riojanus Duret, 1968

NEOTROPICAL REGION

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Etymology: La Rioja Prov., Argentina

Type locality: Chamical, La Rioja, Argentina

Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)

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 riojanus DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Argentina.

Distribution

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Duret 1968e: 326 (M*)

Harbach et al. 1991: 194 (type information)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Duret, J.P. (1968e). Dos especies nuevas de Culex (Culex) de la Argentina (Diptera, Culicidae). Physis, 27(75), 323–328.

Harbach, R.E., Gaffigan, T.V., & Pecor, J.E. (1991). The J. Pedro Duret mosquito collection (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics, 22(for 1990)(3), 192–195.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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