Culex Linnaeus 1758 (mosquito)

Insecta - Diptera - Culicidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Culicini according to V. A. Baranov and J. T. Haug 2021

See also Aldrich 1905, Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1921, Fabricius 1775, Geoffroy 1762, Harbach 2007, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1764, Müller 1776, Pielowska et al. 2018, Schaeffer 1766, Scopoli 1763, Scudder 1877, Sublette 1969 and Szadziewski 2019

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Culex (Neoculex) Culex annulirostris Culex damnatorum Culex ekaterinae Culex erikae Culex flavus Culex malariager Culex protorhinus Culex vectensis Culex winchesteri

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), French Polynesia (1)

• Blancan of United States (1: Texas)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (3)

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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