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Toxorhynchites brevipalpis

Insecta - Diptera - Culicidae

Taxonomy
Toxorhynchites brevipalpis was named by Theobald (1901). It is extant. It is the type species of Toxorhynchites.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Culex loewi Giebel p. 317
1901Toxorhynchites brevipalpis Theobald
1977Toxorhynchites brevipalpis White p. 228

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyCulicidae
subfamilyCulicinae()
tribeToxorhynchitini(Theobald 1905)
genusToxorhynchitesTheobald 1901
speciesbrevipalpisTheobald 1901

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Culex loewi Giebel 1862 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Culex loewi (129861)