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Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald 1901
Description
Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
Culex nigripalpus has been recorded for the first time from the Dutch Leeward Islands in our survey at two localities on Sint Maarten (2 ♀, 1 ♂, Rolandus Channel, 18°01’53.9“ N, 63°02’17.7” W, April 20th, 2018; 1 ♀, Belvedere, 18°03’26.9“ N, 63°02’14.4” W, April 20th, 2018, next to an open drain and small pond).
When Van der Kuyp sampled the Rolandus Channel in the late 1940s, Cx. nigripalpus was not observed (Van der Kuyp, 1953, 1954), but Cx. habilitator was recorded at this locality. The larvae of that species look very similar to those of Cx. nigripalpus. Therefore, Cx. nigripalpus may have been present during Van der Kuyp’s inventory but was misidentified as Cx. habilitator.
Notes
Published as part of Cooper, David, Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki, Macdonald, David, Nanova, Olga, Yudin, Viktor, Dugmore, Andrew & Kitchener, Andrew, 2020, Taxonomy, ecology and distribution of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Dutch Leeward Islands, with a key to the adults and fourth instar larvae, pp. 373-392 in Contributions to Zoology 89 (1) on page 383, DOI: 10.1163/18759866-bja10005, http://zenodo.org/record/8343373
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2018-04-20
- Verbatim event date
- 2018-04-20
- Scientific name authorship
- Theobald
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Culicidae
- Genus
- Culex
- Species
- nigripalpus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald, 1901 sec. Cooper, Yamaguchi, Macdonald, Nanova, Yudin, Dugmore & Kitchener, 2020
References
- Van der Kuyp, E. (1953) Culicinae from the Netherlands Antilles and some other Caribbean localities. Stud. Fauna Curacao other Caribb. Islands 4, 144 - 148.
- Van der Kuyp, E. (1954) Mosquitoes of the Netherlands Antilles and their hygienic importance. Stud. Fauna Curacao other Caribb. Islands 5, 37 - 114.