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Taxonomy
Culex was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Culicidae, Culiciformes, Culicini.
It was assigned to Halterata by Scopoli (1763); to Antliata by Fabricius (1775); to Diptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Geoffroy (1762), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767), Müller (1776) and Latreille (1796); to Tipulariae by Latreille (1802); to Culicidae by Scudder (1877), Aldrich (1905), Cockerell (1921) and Carpenter (1992); to Culicinae by Sublette (1969), Pielowska et al. (2018) and Szadziewski (2019); and to Culicini by Harbach (2007) and Baranov and Haug (2021).
It was assigned to Halterata by Scopoli (1763); to Antliata by Fabricius (1775); to Diptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Geoffroy (1762), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767), Müller (1776) and Latreille (1796); to Tipulariae by Latreille (1802); to Culicidae by Scudder (1877), Aldrich (1905), Cockerell (1921) and Carpenter (1992); to Culicinae by Sublette (1969), Pielowska et al. (2018) and Szadziewski (2019); and to Culicini by Harbach (2007) and Baranov and Haug (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Culex Linnaeus p. 602 |
| 1761 | Culex Linnaeus p. 465 |
| 1762 | Culex Geoffroy p. 573 |
| 1763 | Culex Scopoli p. 374 |
| 1764 | Culex Müller p. 86 |
| 1766 | Culex Schaeffer |
| 1767 | Culex Linnaeus p. 1002 |
| 1775 | Culex Fabricius p. 799 |
| 1776 | Culex Müller p. 182 |
| 1796 | Culex Latreille p. 153 |
| 1802 | Culex Latreille p. 420 |
| 1877 | Culex Scudder p. 744 |
| 1905 | Culex Aldrich p. 126 |
| 1921 | Culex Cockerell |
| 1969 | Culex Sublette p. 118 |
| 1992 | Culex Carpenter |
| 2007 | Culex Harbach |
| 2018 | Culex Pielowska et al. p. 242 |
| 2019 | Culex Szadziewski p. 523 |
| 2021 | Culex Baranov and Haug p. 19 |
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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.
G. Culex Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Culex (Neoculex) Dyar 1905
Culex annulirostris Skuse 1889
†Culex damnatorum Scudder 1890
†Culex ekaterinae Giłka et al. 2021
†Culex erikae Szadziewski and Szadziewska 1985
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Invalid names: Aedes perkunas Podenas 1999 [synonym]
†Culex flavus Gistl 1831
†Culex malariager Poinar 2005
†Culex protorhinus Cockerell 1915
†Culex vectensis Edwards 1923
†Culex winchesteri Cockerell 1919
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Holocene or 50.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ypresian | USA (Colorado) | C. winchesteri (105005) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | C. damnatorum (122090) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Montana) | C. sp. (224195) | |
| Priabonian | Ukraine | C. ekaterinae (209304) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | C. protorhinus (21976 123960) C. protorhinus, C. vectensis (123959) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Aedes perkunas (140808) C. erikae (123221) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation | C. erikae (123419) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Germany | C. sp. (169856) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | C. sp. (122407) | |
| MP 30 | Germany | C. sp. (123945) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | C. malariager (124475) | |
| Blancan | USA (Texas) | C. sp. (154909) | |
| Holocene | French Polynesia (Austral Islands) | C. annulirostris (143893) | |
| Holocene | Brazil | C. flavus (155717) |