AFROTROPICAL & Palearctic REGIONS
Etymology: sea water, salt water (Gr); ref. to larvae in mangrove swamp and in tidal pool
Type locality: The Gambia
Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England, United Kingdom (NHMUK)
TAXONOMIC KEYS
Jupp 1996
WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva
Exemplar DNA sequences
DISTRIBUTION NOTES
Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar (includes Glorioso & Juan De Nova Island), Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of South Africa, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Syria, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo.
IMPORTANT REFERENCES
Theobald 1903a: 168 (F*)
Ingram & Macfie 1917a: 86 (P*)
Macfie & Ingram 1922 (F*)
Edwards 1941: 298 (M*, F), 417 (P)
Hopkins 1952: 284 (L*)
Rickenbach et al. 1976: 96 (distribution)
Service 1976a (distribution; Gabon)
Jupp 1996 (M*, F*; key)
CURRENT SYNONYMS
syn. ronaldi de Charmoy
1908: 259 (M, F, L*). Type locality: Fanfara Bastian, Mauritius (LSTM). References: Edwards 1941: 298 (synonym).
syn. accraensis Theobald
1909b: 19 (M, F*; Culicelsa). Type locality: Accra, Ashanti, Gold Coast [Ghana] (NHMUK).
syn. fuscus Theobald
1909b: 20 (F*; Culicelsa accraensis var.). Type locality: Accra, Ashanti, Gold Coast [Ghana] (NHMUK).
syn. neotaeniorhynchus Theobald
1910c: 320 (M*, F*; Culicelsa). Type locality: Delagoa Bay [Mozambique] (NHMUK).
CURRENT SUBSPECIES
None
CITED REFERENCES
de Charmoy, d’E. (1908). On three new species of Culex collected during the anti-malarial campaign in Mauritius in 1908. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 2(3), 257–264.
Edwards, F.W. (1941). Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region. III. Culicine adults and pupae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology.
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).
Ingram, A., & Macfie, J.W.S. (1917a). Notes on some distinctive points in the pupae of West African mosquitos. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 8, 73–91.
Jupp, P.G. (1996). Mosquitoes of southern Africa. Culicinae and Toxorhynchitinae. Hartebeespoort, Republic of South Africa: Ekogilde
Macfie, J.W.S., & Ingram, A. (1922). On the genital armature of the female mosquito. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 16(2), 157–188.
Rickenbach, A., Eouzan, J.-P., Ferrara, L., & Bailly-Choumara, H. (1976). Données nouvelles sur la presence, la frequence et la repartition des Toxorhynchitinae et Culicinae (Diptera, Culicidae) au Cameroun. 2. Genres Eretmapodites et Culex. Cahiers ORSTOM. Série entomologie médicale et parasitologie, 14(2), 93–100.
Service, M.W. (1976a). Contribution to the knowledge of the mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) of Gabon. Cahiers ORSTOM. Série entomologie médicale et parasitologie, 14(3), 259–263.
Theobald, F.V. (1903a). A monograph of the Culicidae of the World (Vol. 3). London, England: British Museum (Natural History).
Theobald, F.V. (1909b). Descriptions of the new mosquitoes collected by Dr. Graham in Ashanti. Gold Coast Miscellaneous Publication No. 237. London, England: Colonial Office.
Theobald, F.V. (1910c). A monograph of the Culicidae of the World. (Vol. 5). London, England: British Museum (Natural History).
CITE THIS PAGE
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