Culex scottii Theobald, 1912

AFROTROPICAL REGION

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Etymology: H. Scott

Type locality: Mahe Island and Silhouette Island, Seychelles

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 scottii DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles.

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Theobald 1912b: 86 (M*, F*)

Edwards 1941: 332 (M*, F; from synonym with fatigans)

Mattingly & Brown 1955: 86, 89, 93 (taxonomy)

 

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.

Mattingly, P.F., & Brown, E.S. (1955). The mosquitos (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Seychelles. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 46(1), 69–110.

Theobald, F.V. (1912b). No. V. Diptera, Culicidae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London: Zoology, 15(1), 81–94.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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