Taxonomy Profile: Culex (Linnaeus 1758)

Culex: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Culex peus
Speiser 1904
Culex decorator
Dyar and Knab 1906
Common Name(s):
Typical Mosquito []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Culex: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Neoptera
modern, wing-folding insects |
Superorder : Holometabola
Order : Diptera
mosca |
mosquito |
gnats |
mosquitoes |
true flies |
Suborder : Nematocera
long-horned flies |
Infraorder : Culicomorpha
Family : Culicidae
mosquitoes |
maringouins |
moustiques |
Subfamily : Culicinae
Tribe : Culicini
Genus : Culex
Typical Mosquito |
Culex Direct Children(s):
Culex (Culex)
(Linnaeus 1758)
Culex (Melanoconion)
(Theobald 1903)
Culex (Aedinus)
(Lutz 1904)
Culex (Eumelanomyia)
(Theobald 1909)
Culex (Lophoceraomyia)
(Theobald 1905)
Culex (Lasiosiphon)
(Kirkpatrick 1925)
Culex (Phenacomyia)
(Harbach and Peyton 1992)
Culex (Oculeomyia)
(Theobald 1907)
Culex (Microculex)
(Theobald 1907)
Culex (Carrollia)
(Lutz 1905)
Culex (Micraedes)
(Coquillett 1906)
Culex (Neoculex)
(Dyar 1905)
Culex (Culiciomyia)
(Theobald 1907)
Culex (Maillotia)
(Theobald 1907)
Culex (Acallyntrum)
(Stone and Penn 1948)
Culex (Tinolestes)
(Coquillett 1906)
Culex (Phytotelmatomyia)
(Rossi and Harbach 2008)
Culex (Belkinomyia)
(Adames and Galindo 1973)
Culex (Barraudius)
(Edwards 1921)
Culex (Afroculex)
(Danilov 1989)
Culex (Kitzmilleria)
(Danilov 1989)
Culex (Nicaromyia)
(González Broche and Rodríguez R 2001)
Culex (Acalleomyia)
(Leicester 1908)
Culex (Allimanta)
(Casal and García 1968)
Culex cairnsensis
(Taylor 1919)
Culex flochi
(Duret 1969)
Culex inornatus
(Theobald 1905)
Culex nigrimacula
(Lane and Whitman 1943)
Culex ocellatus
(Theobald 1903)
Culex punctiscapularis
(Floch and Abonnenc 1946)
Culex romeroi
(Surcouf and Gonzalez-Rincones 1912)
Culex: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Culex
Source:
Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory, 16 Jun 2021
Acquired:
2021-06-25
Notes:
Harbach, R. E. 2021. Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory, http://mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info/, accessed on 25 Jun 2021
Reference for:
Culex
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilkerson, Richard C., Yvonne-Marie Linton and Daniel Strickman
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2021-01-19 / 2021-01-19
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mosquitoes of the World, vol. 1 and 2
Page(s):
ix + 1308
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
9781421438146/
Notes:
Reference for:
Culex
Culex: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Culex: Comments