Culex saltanensis Dyar, 1928

NEOTROPICAL REGION

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Etymology: not stated [Campo Santa de Salta, Argentina]

Type locality: Campo Santa de Salta [Salta], Argentina

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

TAXONOMIC KEYS

None

 

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

adult mosquito key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Paraguay, Venezuela.

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Dyar 1928: 386 (M)

Lane 1953: 329 (M*)

Bram 1967a: 97 (M*, F, L)

Cotrim et al. 1974: 14 (M*, P*, L*)

Laurito et al. 2008 (M*, F, P*, L*)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

syn. beauperthuyi Anduze

1943a: 459 (M*, F, P, L). Type locality: Borburata, Carabobo, Venezuela (IHC)

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Anduze, P.J. (1943a). Culex (Culex) beauperthuyi sp. nov. (Diptera: Culicidae). Revista Venezolana de sanidad y asistencia social, 8(3), 459–461.

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.

Cotrim, M.D., Bianchi, E.A., & von Atzingen, N.C.B. (1974). Redescrição de algumas espécies do subgênero Culex (Diptera, Culicidae). Revista Brasileira de entomología, 18(1), 9–19.

Dyar, H.G. (1928). The mosquitoes of the Americas. Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution for Science.

Lane, J. (1953). Neotropical Culicidae (Vols. I–II). São Paulo, Brazil: University of São Paulo.

Laurito, M., Visintin, A.M., & Almirón, W.R. (2008). Culex saltanensis morphological redescription of the immature and adult stages. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 24(2), 203–210.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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