NEOTROPICAL REGION
Etymology: not stated [large (L); larger than usquatus]
Type locality: Toro Point, Canal Zone, Panama
Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
None
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
WRBU - Culex (Culex.) - Neotropical - Larva
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Venezuela.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Dyar 1922b: 19 (M*, F)
Stone & Knight 1957a: 57 (lectotype designation)
Bram 1967a: 51 (M*; taxonomy from synonym with coronator)
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.
Dyar, H.G. (1922b). Note on the male genitalia of Culex coronator and allied forms (Diptera, Culicidae). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 10(1–3), 18–19.
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 usquatissimus species page. Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit Website, http://wrbu.si.edu/mosquitoes/vectorspecies/cx_usquatissimus, accessed on [date (e.g. 03 February 2020) when you last viewed the site].
