NEOTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: not stated [pursuer, attendant (L); ref. to “The insects follow one about in a regular cloud”]
Type locality: Cinchona, Jamaica
Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles (includes Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Puerto Rico, Venezuela.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Theobald 1901c: 321 (M, F*)
Lane 1953
Bram 1967a: 100 (M*, F, L)
Belkin 1968b: 20 (lectotype desig.)
Belkin et al. 1970: 68 (M*, F, P*, L*)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
syn. lamentator Dyar & Knab
1906d: 219 (L*). Type locality: San Francisco Mines, Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic] (USNM). References: Stone & Knight 1957a: 52 (lectotype desig.); Belkin & Heinemann 1973: 218 (type locality information).
syn. toweri Dyar & Knab
1907a: 13 (A). Type locality: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (USNM). References: Dyar 1918b: 97 (synonym); Stone & Knight 1957a: 56 (type information).
syn. quasisecutor Theobald
1907: 398 (M*, F*). Type locality: Newcastle [Surrey], Jamaica (NHMUK). References: Belkin 1968b: 19 (lectotype desig.).
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., & Page, W.A. (1970). The Culicidae of Jamaica (Mosquito studies. XXI. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 6(1), 458.
Belkin, J.N., & Heinemann, S.J. (1973). Collection records of the project “Mosquitoes of Middle America” 1. Introduction; Dominican Republic (RDO). Mosquito Systematics, 5(3), 201–220.
Bram, R.A. (1967a). Classification of Culex subgenus Culex in the New World (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 120(3557), 1–122.
Dyar, H.G. (1918b). A revision of the American species of Culex on the male genitalia. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 6(4–6), 86–111.
Dyar, H.G., & Knab, F. (1906d). The larvae of Culicidae classified as independent organisms. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 14(4), 169–230.
Dyar, H.G., & Knab, F. (1907a). Descriptions of some American mosquitoes. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 15(1), 9–13.
Lane, J. (1953). Neotropical Culicidae (Vols. I–II). São Paulo, Brazil: University of São Paulo.
Stone, A., & Knight, K.L. (1957a). Type specimens of mosquitoes in the United States National Museum. IV. The genus Culex (Diptera, Culicidae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 47(2), 42–59.
Theobald, F.V. (1901c). A monograph of the Culicidae or mosquitoes (Vol. 2). London, England: British Museum (Natural History). (With atlas of 37 colored plates, 5 plates of photographs)
Theobald, F.V. (1901c). A monograph of the Culicidae or mosquitoes (Vol. 2). London, England: British Museum (Natural History).
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Culex secutor species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/mosquitoes/vectorspecies/cx_secutor, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
