Culex schwetzi Edwards, 1929

AFROTROPICAL REGION

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Etymology: Jacques Schwetz

Type locality: Stanleyville, Belgian Congo [Kisangani, Tshopo Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo]

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

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 schwetzi DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia.

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Edwards 1929c: 326 (M*, F)

Edwards 1941: 347 (M*, F*)

Peters 1955c: 126 (P*, L*)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Edwards, F.W. (1929c). Mosquito notes. VIII. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 20(3), 321–343.

Edwards, F.W. (1941). Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region. III. Culicine adults and pupae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology.

Peters, W. (1955c). The mosquitoes of Liberia (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society B, 24(7–8), 117–128.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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