Culex rotoruae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Culicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Culicoidea

Familia: Culicidae
Subfamilia: Culicinae
Tribus: Culicini
Genus: Culex
Subgenus: Culex (Culex)
Species: Culex rotoruae

Name

• Culex rotoruae Belkin, 1968
  • Original status: valid species [subgenus Culex]
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: NZAC, as 'NELS'
  • Type locality: 'Kuirau Hot Springs Reserve, Rotorua (South Auckland), New Zealand'
  • Secondary type: allotype
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: NZAC, as 'NELS'
  • Secondary types: paratypes

References

• Belkin, J.N. 1968. Mosquito studies (Diptera, Culicidae). VII. The Culicidae of New Zealand. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 3(1): 1–182. BHL. Reference page. 
• Cane, R.P.; Disbury, M. 2010: An addition to the known distribution of New Zealand’s mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) from recent surveillance data, 2001-2009. Weta, 40: 14–22.
• Dumbleton, L.J. 1969: A new species of Ephydrella Tonnoir and Malloch (Diptera: Ephydridae) from hot springs and notes on other Diptera from mineralised waters. New Zealand entomologist, 4(2): 38–46. abstract and pdf [see p. 45]
• Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page. 
• Snell, A.E. 2005: Identification keys to larval and adult female mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 32(2): 99–110. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2005.9518401

Links

• Crosby, Trevor K. Primary type specimens in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC): Diptera. Version 1 - June 1997
• Keys to the mosquitoes of New Zealand