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Taxonomy
Culex protolepis was named by Cockerell (1915). Its type specimen is USNM 61429, a wing, and it is a compression fossil. 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.
It was recombined as Aedes protolepis by Edwards (1923); it was recombined as Ochlerotatus protolepis by Szadziewski (2019).
It was recombined as Aedes protolepis by Edwards (1923); it was recombined as Ochlerotatus protolepis by Szadziewski (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1915 | Culex protolepis Cockerell p. 488 figs. Pl 62, fig 1 |
| 1915 | Culex petrifactellus Cockerell p. 489 figs. Pl 61, fig 12 |
| 1923 | Aedes protolepis Edwards p. 142 figs. Pl 7, figs 2-4; text-figs 1,2 |
| 2019 | Ochlerotatus protolepis Szadziewski p. 522 |
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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.
†Ochlerotatus protolepis Cockerell 1915
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Invalid names: Culex petrifactellus Cockerell 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Aedes protolepis (21976 123960) Culex protolepis, Culex petrifactellus (type locality: 123959) |