Culex verutus Harbach, 1987

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Etymology: Armed with a dart or javelin” (L); reference to posterior median process of spiracular apparatus with strong erect spine

Type locality: Kasawe Forest Reserve, Moyamba District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone

Type depository: U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)

TAXONOMIC KEYS

None

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

adult mosquito key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Culex verutus DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone.

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Harbach 1987: 216 (M*, F, P*, L*)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Harbach, R.E. (1987). Culex verutus, a new species of the subgenus Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) from Sierra Leone. Mosquito Systematics, 18(for 1986) (3–4), 216–229.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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