Culex protorhinus Cockerell 1915 (mosquito)

Insecta - Diptera - Culicidae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. British fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49:469-499

Belongs to Culex according to R. Szadziewski 2019

See also Cockerell 1915 and Edwards 1923

Sister taxa: Culex (Neoculex), Culex annulirostris, Culex damnatorum, Culex ekaterinae, Culex erikae, Culex flavus, Culex malariager, Culex vectensis, Culex winchesteri

Type specimen: USNM 61430, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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