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Traits taxon details

Culex Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Culicini

Direct children (10)

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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 pervigilans Bergroth, 1889
Species Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758
Species Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823
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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2025). Culex Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494561 on 2025-05-12

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Culex Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494561 on 2025-05-12

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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Culex)
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