NEOTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: not stated [sphinx]
Type locality: Nassau [New Providence Island], Bahama Islands
Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Bahamas, Cuba.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Howard, Dyar & Knab 1913: Fig. 134, 1915: 301 (M*, F)
Lane 1953: 335 (M*, F, L*)
Stone & Knight 1957a: 56 (lectotype designation)
Bram 1967a: 101 (M*, F, L)
Gutsevich & García 1969: 6 (distribution; Cuba)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
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.
Gutsevich, A.V., & García-Avila, I. (1969). Nuevas especies de mosquitos (Culicidae) para Cuba. Torreia, 13, 3–8.
Howard, L.O., Dyar, H.G., & Knab, F. (1913). The mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies (Vol. 2)(for 1912). Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution for Science.
Howard, L.O., Dyar, H.G., & Knab, F. (1915). The mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies: Vol. 3. Systematic description (in two parts). Part I. Públication No. 159. Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution for Science.
Lane, J. (1953). Neotropical Culicidae (Vols. I–II). São Paulo, Brazil: University of São Paulo./span>
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.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Culex sphinx species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/mosquitoes/vectorspecies/cx_sphinx, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
