Culex laticinctus Edwards 1913

Culex laticinctus Edwards, 1913

Edwards, F.W. (1913) Diptera of the Lake ofTiberias. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (N. S.) 9,48 - 51. Latin, latus = wide; cinctus = girdle

Edwards describes this new species on pages 49 and 50. Under the heading Remarks, he states "This species

comes near C. pipiens , from which, however, it is abundantly distinct by the... broader and whiter abdominal

bands... " Although not alluding to this character specifically, it would appear that this feature was responsible

for Edward's naming of the species. Later, in 1921 in his classic work on the mosquitoes of the Pa1 aearctic

Region (reference given above) he notes "This species differs most markedly from C. pipiens... in the pure

white abdominal bands, which are as broad as or broader than the dark bands which alternate with them." References