AFROTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: not stated [poss. Toro Kingdom of Uganda]
Type locality: Kisomoro, Ruwenzori, [Toro District], Uganda
Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Jupp 1996
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Republic of South Africa, Rwanda, Sudan & South Sudan, Uganda.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Edwards & Gibbins 1939: 32 (M; vansomereni ssp.)
Edwards 1941: 329 (M*, P, L; to sp.)
Hopkins 1952: 314 (L*)
Mattingly 1956a: 43 (lectotype designation)
Service 1959a (L)
Jupp 1996 (M*, F*; key)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
None
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
ssp. macrophyllus Edwards & Gibbins
1939: 31 (M; vansomereni ssp.). Type locality: Lugezi Camp, between Mount Mgahinga and Mount Sabinio, Uganda (NHMUK). Distribution: Cameroon, Uganda. References: Edwards 1941: 329 (M*); Mattingly 1956a: 43 (lectotype designation). Etymology: large leaf (Gr); ref. to leaf on gonocoxite larger than on toroensis. Informal name: Large-leafed Ugandan Typical Mosquito.
CITED REFERENCES
Edwards, F.W. (1941). Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region. III. Culicine adults and pupae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology.
Edwards, F.W., & Gibbins, E.G. (1939). Mosquitoes. Ruwenzori Expedition 1934–5. London, England: British Museum (Natural History), 1(3), 29–34.
Hopkins, G.H.E. (1952). Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian region: Larval bionomics of mosquitoes and taxonomy of culicine larvae (2nd ed., Vol. 1). London, England: British Museum (Natural History).
Jupp, P.G. (1996). Mosquitoes of southern Africa. Culicinae and Toxorhynchitinae. Hartebeespoort, Republic of South Africa: Ekogilde
Mattingly, P.F. (1956a). Lectotypes of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the British Museum. Part II. Genera Toxorhynchites, Aëdes (Subgenera Aedimorphus, Banksinella), Culex (Subgenera Neoculex, Culiciomyia, Mocthogenes, Culex). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Series A: General Entomology, 31(4–6), 37–44.
Service, M.W. (1959a). The morphology of some new culicine larvae from the Southern Cameroons, with notes on Culex (Culex) ingrami Edwards and Culex (Culex) toroensis Edwards. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B: Taxonomy, 28, 1–6.
CITE THIS PAGE
Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (Year). Culex toroensis species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/mosquitoes/vectorspecies/cx_toroensis, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
