NEOTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: Amazon
Type locality: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Type depository: Unknown
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Lesser Antilles (includes Trinidad and Tobago), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Lutz 1905: 103 (M, F, Aedinus)
Dyar 1923e: 189 (synonymy)
Dyar 1923e: 190 (synonymy)
Belkin 1968b: 15 (type information)
Belkin et al. 1971: 27 (type locality information)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
syn. tapena Dyar
1919e: 150 (M). Type locality: Paramaribo, Suriname (USNM). References: Dyar 1923e: 189 (synonymy).
syn. paraplesia Dyar
1922g: 192 (M*). Type locality: Puerto Nino, Columbia (USNM). References: Dyar 1923e: 189 (synonymy).
syn. hildebrandi Evans
1923c: 377 (M*). Type locality: Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil (NHMUK). References: Dyar 1923e: 190 (synonymy); Belkin 1968b: 15 (type information); Belkin et al. 1971 (type locality information).
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
Belkin, J.N. (1968b). Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). IX. The type specimens of New World mosquitoes in European museums. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 3(4), 1–69.
Belkin, J.N., & Heinemann, S.J. (1971). Aedes vexans in Guatemala. Mosquito Systematics Newsletter, 3(2), 27.
Dyar, H.G. (1919e). A new subgenus of Culex Linn. (Diptera, Culicidae). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 7(7–9), 150.
Dyar, H.G. (1922g). Notes on tropical American mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 10(10–12), 188–196.
Dyar, H.G. (1922c). The American Aedes of the scapularis group (Diptera, Culicidae). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 10(4–6), 51–60.
Dyar, H.G. (1923e). On some of the American subgenera of Culex (Diptera, Culicidae). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 11(10–12), 187–190.
Lutz, A. (1905). Novas espécies de mosquitos do Brasil. Imprensa Médica (São Paulo), 3, 26–29, 65–69, 81–83, 101–104, 125–128, 169–172, 202–203, 269–271, 287, 290, 311–314, 347–350.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Culex amazonensis species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/mosquitoes/vectorspecies/cx_amazonensis, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
