Culex rotoruae Belkin, 1968

AUSTRALASIAN REGION

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Etymology: Kuirau Hot Springs Reserve, Rotorua, South Auckland, New Zealand

Type locality: Kuirau Hot Springs Reserve, Rotorua, South Auckland, New Zealand

Type depository: Entomology Division, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Nelson, New Zealand [Now in Auckland] (NELS)

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Lee et al. 1989a

 

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

adult mosquito key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

larval key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Culex rotoruae DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

New Zealand.

Distribution

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Belkin 1968a: 64 (M*, F, P*, L)

Lee et al. 1989a: 220 (F; key, taxonomy, bionomics, distribution, review)

Derraik 2004 (distribution; New Zealand)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Belkin, J.N. (1968a). Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). VII. The Culicidae of New Zealand. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 3(1), 1–182.

Derraik, J.G.B. (2004). Exotic mosquitoes in New Zealand: A review of species intercepted, their pathways and ports of entry. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 28(5), 433–444.

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Debenham, M.L., Griffiths, M., Marks, E.N., Bryan, J.H., & Russell, R.C. (1989a). The Culicidae of the Australasian Region (Vol. 7). Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Monograph Series, 2. Canberra: Australian Government.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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