Culex lineatus Theobald, 1912

AFROTROPICAL REGION

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Etymology:  lined (L); three thin pale lines on the thorax

Type locality:  Onderstepoort, Transvaal [Republic of South Africa]

Type depository:  Veterinary Research Laboratory, Onderstepoort, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa (VRL)

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Jupp 1996

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

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Exemplar DNA sequences

All Culex lineatus DNA sequences

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Mozambique, Republic of South Africa.

Distribution

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Theobald 1912a: 92 (M, F; Pseudohowardina)

Edwards 1941: 253 (M*, F*; taxonomy: as pulchrithorax)

Danilov 1989 (from subgenus Maillotia)

Townsend 1990: 94 (type information)

Jupp 1996 (M*, F*; key)

Edwards 1914b: 73 (new name for lineata Theobald, not von Humboldt 1819)

Danilov 1989 (from subgenus Maillotia, synonymy)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

syn. pulchritohorax Edwards

1914b: 73 (new name for lineata Theobald, not von Humboldt 1819). References: Danilov 1989 (from subgenus Maillotia; synonymy)

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Danilov, V.N. (1989). Two new Afrotropical subgenera of the mosquito genus Culex (Diptera, Culicidae). Revue d’entomologie de l’URSS Entomologie Obozrenie, 68(4), 790–797 (Trans. pp. 112–120).

Edwards, F.W. (1914b). New species of Culicidae in the British museum, with notes on the genitalia of some african Culex. Bulletin of Entomological Research (London), 5(1), 63–81.

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

Jupp, P.G. (1996). Mosquitoes of southern Africa. Culicinae and Toxorhynchitinae. Hartebeespoort, Republic of South Africa: Ekogilde.

Theobald, F.V. (1912a). Three new Culicidae from the Transvaal. The Entomologist, 45(586), 92–93.

Townsend, B.C. (1990). Culicidae. In B.C. Townsend, J. E. Chainey, R.W. Crosskey, A.C. Pont, R.P. Lane, J.P.T. Boorman, & C.A. Crouch (Eds.), A catalogue of the types of bloodsucking flies in the British Museum (Natural History) (pp. 35–152). London, England: British Museum (Natural History).

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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