Culex whitei Barraud, 1923

INDOMALAYAN REGION

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Etymology: R. Senior-White 

Type locality: Haflong, Cachar Hills, Assam, India

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

TAXONOMIC KEYS

Lee et al. 1989a

Darsie & Pradhan 1990, 1991

Rattanarithikul et al. 2005b

WRBU LUCID KEYS

 

adult mosquito key icon

WRBU - Genera - Global - Adult

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WRBU - Genera - Global - Larva

 

DISTRIBUTION NOTES

Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam.

 

IMPORTANT REFERENCES

Barraud 1923i: 508 (M)

Peters and Dewar 1956: 46 (P*, L*)

Bram 1967b: 233 (M*, F, L*; bionomics, distribution, taxonomy)

Lien et al. 1975: (distribution)
Sirivanakarn 1976: 135 (M*, F, P*, L*; distribution)

Lee et al. 1989a: 274 (F; key, taxonomy, bionomics, distribution, review)

Darsie & Pradhan 1990, 1991 (F, L; taxonomy, keys, bionomics, distribution; Nepal)

Rattanarithikul et al. 2005b: (F*, L*; bionomics, distribution, keys)

 

CURRENT SYNONYMS

None

 

CURRENT SUBSPECIES

None

 

CITED REFERENCES

Barraud, P.J. (1923i). A revision of the culicine mosquitoes of India. Part II. The larvae of some Indian species of Culex. Indian Journal of Medical Research (Calcutta), 10(4), 934–493.

Bram, R.A. (1967b). Contributions to the mosquito fauna of Southeast Asia. II. The genus Culex in Thailand (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 2(1), 1–296.

Darsie, R.F., Jr., & Pradhan, S.P. (1990). The mosquitoes of Nepal: Their identification, distribution and biology. Mosquito Systematics, 22(2), 69–130.

Darsie, R.F., Jr., & Pradhan, S.P. (1991). The mosquitoes of Nepal their identification, distribution and biology. Index and corrigendum. Mosquito Systematics, 23(1), 46–49.

Lee, D.J., Hicks, M.M., Debenham, M.L., Griffiths, M., Marks, E.N., Bryan, J.H., & Russell, R.C. (1989a). The Culicidae of the Australasian Region (Vol. 7). Commonwealth Department of Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Monograph Series, 2. Canberra: Australian Government.

Lien, J.C., Kosman, L., Partono, F., Joesoef, A., Kosin, E., & Cross, J.H. (1975). A brief survey of mosquitoes in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Journal of Medical Entomology, 12(2), 233–239.

Peters, W., & Dewar, S.C. (1956). A preliminary record of the megarhine and culicine mosquitoes of Nepal with notes on their taxonomy (Diptera: Culicidae). Indian Journal of Malariology, 10, 37–51.

Rattanarithikul, R., Harbach, R.E., Harrison, B.A., Panthusiri, P., Jones, J.W., & Coleman, R.E. (2005b). Illustrated keys to the mosquitoes of Thailand. II. Genera Culex and Lutzia. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 36(Suppl. 2), 1–97.

Sirivanakarn, S. (1976). Medical entomology studies. III. A revision of the subgenus Culex in the Oriental region (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 12(2), 1–272.

 

CITE THIS PAGE

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