NEOTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: not stated [accelerating (L)]
Type locality: Porto das Caixas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Berlin & Belkin 1980
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Lesser Antilles (includes Trinidad and Tobago), Panama.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Root 1927c: 581 (M*)
Lane 1953: 386 (M*)
Belkin et al. 1971: 27 (type loc. Info.)
Berlin & Belkin 1980: 17 (M*, F, P*, L*; keys, taxonomy, bionomics, distribution)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Belkin, J.N., Schick, R.X., & Heinemann, S.J. (1971). Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). XXV. Mosquitoes originally described from Brazil. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 7(5), 1–64.
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.
Lane, J. (1953). Neotropical Culicidae (Vols. I–II). São Paulo, Brazil: University of São Paulo.
Root, F.M. (1927c). Studies on Brazilian mosquitoes. III. The genus Culex. American Journal of Hygiene, 7(5), 574–598.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Culex accelerans species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/mosquitoes/vectorspecies/cx_accelerans, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
