Culex quasioriginator Duret, 1972

NEOTROPICAL REGION

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Etymology: nearly (L); similar to originator

Type locality: Pirelli, Belém, Para, Brazil

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

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Berlin & Belkin 1980

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

adult mosquito key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

 

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Brazil.

Distribution

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Duret 1972: 3 (M*)

Berlin & Belkin 1980: 53 (taxonomy, bionomics, distribution)

Harbach et al. 1991: 194 (type information)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Berlin, O.G.W., & Belkin, J.N. (1980). Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). 36. Subgenera Aedinus, Tinolestes and Anoedioporpa of Culex. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 17(2), 1–104.

Duret, J.P. (1972). Culex (Anoedioporpa) quasioriginator, una nueva especie del Brasil. Neotropica-La Plata, 18(55), 1–5.

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