†Culex erikae Szadziewski and Szadziewska 1985 (mosquito)
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Synonym: Aedes perkunas Podenas 1999
Full reference: R. Szadziewski and M. M. Szadziewska. 1985. Culex erikae sp. n. (Diptera, Culicidae) from the Baltic amber. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 55:513-518
Belongs to Culex according to W. Giłka et al. 2021
See also Pielowska et al. 2018, Podenas 1999, Szadziewski and Giłka 2011 and Szadziewski and Szadziewska 1985
Sister taxa: Culex (Neoculex), Culex annulirostris, Culex damnatorum, Culex ekaterinae, Culex flavus, Culex malariager, Culex protorhinus, Culex vectensis, Culex winchesteri
Type specimens:
- Culex erikae: MBI 130, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Humboldt Museum Kühl collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
- Aedes perkunas: ZMVU 569, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (Vilnius University collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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