Culex watti Edwards, 1920

AFROTROPICAL REGION

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Etymology: W.G. Watt 

Type locality: Kumasi [Ashanti], Gold Coast [Ghana]

Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)

TAXONOMIC KEYS

None

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Culex watti DNA sequences 

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar (includes Glorioso & Juan De Nova Island), Mali, Tanzania, Uganda.

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Edwards 1920a:135 (M, F)

Edwards 1941: 302 (M*, F)

Ravaonjanahary 1979 (P*, L*)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Edwards, F.W. (1920a). Mosquito notes. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 10(2), 129–137.

Edwards, F.W. (1941). Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region. III. Culicine adults and pupae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology.

Ravaonjanahary, C. (1979). Presence a Madagascar de Culex (Culex) watti Edwards, 1920. Description de la larve et de la nymphe de l’espèce. Cahiers ORSTOM. Série entomologie médicale et parasitologie, 17(3), 193–194.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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