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WoRMS taxon details

Culex Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

494561 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494561)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Culicini

Direct children (7)

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Subgenus Culex (Culex) Linnaeus, 1758
1. Species Culex (Culex) annulirostris Skuse, 1889
2. Species Culex (Culex) thalassius Theobald, 1903
Subgenus Culex (Melanoconion) Theobald
1. Species Culex (Melanoconion) iolambdis Dyar, 1918
Species Culex salinarius Coquillett, 1904
Species Culex sitiens Wiedemann, 1828

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Culex Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494561 on 2024-11-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-12 06:35:36Z

created

Cheng, Lanna

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Cheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp., available online at http://repositories.cdlib.org/sio/techreport/48/ [details]