Culex accelerans Root, 1927

NEOTROPICAL REGION

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Etymology: not stated [accelerating (L)]

Type locality: Porto das Caixas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Type depositoryU.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., United States (USNM)

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Berlin & Belkin 1980

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

adult mosquito key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

 

larval key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

Exemplar DNA sequences

All Culex accelerans DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Lesser Antilles (includes Trinidad and Tobago), Panama.

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Root 1927c: 581 (M*)

Lane 1953: 386 (M*)

Belkin et al. 1971: 27 (type loc. Info.)

Berlin & Belkin 1980: 17 (M*, F, P*, L*; keys, taxonomy, bionomics, distribution)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Belkin, J.N., Schick, R.X., & Heinemann, S.J. (1971). Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). XXV. Mosquitoes originally described from Brazil. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 7(5), 1–64.

Berlin, O.G.W., & Belkin, J.N. (1980). Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). 36. Subgenera Aedinus, Tinolestes and Anoedioporpa of Culex. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 17(2), 1–104.

Lane, J. (1953). Neotropical Culicidae (Vols. I–II). São Paulo, Brazil: University of São Paulo.

Root, F.M. (1927c). Studies on Brazilian mosquitoes. III. The genus Culex. American Journal of Hygiene, 7(5), 574–598.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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