Toxorhynchites erythrurus

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: Toxorhynchitini
Genus: Toxorhynchites
Subgenus: Afrorhynchus
Species: Toxorhynchites erythrurus

Name

Toxorhynchites erythrurus (Edwards, 1941)

Basionym

Megarhinus erythrurus Edwards, 1941

Distribution

Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria

References

• Edwards, F. W. 1941. Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region. III. Culicine adults and pupae. British Museum of Natural History, London, 499 pp.
• Ribeiro, H. 1992. Research on the mosquito subfamily Toxorhynchitnae (Diptera: Culicidae). II. Description of the afrotropical subgenus Afrorhynchus subgen. nov. Mosquito Systematics 23: 195–198.
• Surtees, G. 1958. A description of the larva of Toxorhynchites erythrurus Edwards, with a note on the larva of Ficalbia (Mimomyia) lacustris Edwards from southern Nigeria (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 27: 63–64.