Culex (Culex)

Culex (Culex)
Culex pipiens, femmina
Classificazione scientifica
DominioEukaryota
RegnoAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumHexapoda
ClasseInsecta
OrdineDiptera
FamigliaCulicidae
SottofamigliaCulicinae
TribùCulicini
GenereCulex
SottogenereCulex (Culex)
Linnaeus, 1758

Culex (Culex) Linnaeus, 1758 è un sottogenere di zanzare, insetti ematofagi appartenenti al vastissimo ordine dei ditteri.[1]

Tassonomia

Secondo quanto riportato dal sito Catalogue of Life, all'aprile 2026 il genere contiene ben 232 specie, più altre 15 sottospecie, qui di seguito riportate:[1]

  • Culex abnormalis Lane, 1936
  • Culex abyssinicus Edwards, 1941
  • Culex acharistus Root, 1927
  • Culex adelae Baisas, 1938
  • Culex aenescens Edwards, 1941
  • Culex alani Forattini, 1965
  • Culex alienus Colless, 1957
  • Culex alis Theobald, 1903
  • Culex ameliae Casal, 1967
  • Culex andersoni Edwards, 1914
  • Culex annulirostris Skuse, 1889
  • Culex annuliventris (Blanchard, 1854)
  • Culex antennatus (Becker, 1903)
  • Culex apicinus Philippi, 1866
  • Culex aquarius Strickman, 1989
  • Culex archegus Dyar, 1929
  • Culex argenteopunctatus (Ventrillon, 1905)
  • Culex articularis Philippi, 1866
  • Culex asteliae Belkin, 1968
  • Culex astridianus De Meillon, 1942
  • Culex atriceps Edwards, 1926
  • Culex australicus Dobrotworsky & Drummond, 1953
  • Culex bahamensis Dyar & Knab, 1906
  • Culex banksensis Maffi & Tenorio, 1977
  • Culex barraudi Edwards, 1922
  • Culex beta Séguy, 1924
  • Culex bickleyi Forattini, 1965
  • Culex bidens Dyar, 1922
  • Culex bihamatus Edwards, 1926
  • Culex bilineatus Theobald, 1903
  • Culex bonneae Dyar & Knab, 1919
  • Culex brami Forattini, Rabello & Lopes, 1967
  • Culex brethesi Dyar, 1919
  • Culex brevispinosus Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1920
  • Culex brumpti Galliard, 1931
  • Culex bukavuensis Wolfs, 1947
  • Culex bwambanus Edwards, 1941
  • Culex calurus Edwards, 1935
  • Culex camposi Dyar, 1925
  • Culex carcinoxenus Castro, 1932
  • Culex carleti Brunhes & Ravaonjanahary, 1971
  • Culex castelli Hamon, 1957
  • Culex chidesteri Dyar, 1921
  • Culex chitae Duret, 1967
  • Culex chorleyi Edwards, 1941
  • Culex comitatus Dyar & Knab, 1909
  • Culex comorensis Brunhes, 1977
  • Culex congolensis Evans, 1923
  • Culex consimilis Newstead, 1907
  • Culex coronator Dyar & Knab, 1906
  • Culex covagarciai Forattini, 1965
  • Culex crinicauda Edwards, 1921
  • Culex curvibrachius Angulo, 1993
  • Culex cuyanus Duret, 1968
  • Culex decens Theobald, 1901
  • Culex declarator Dyar & Knab, 1906
  • Culex delys Howard, Dyar & Knab, 1915
  • Culex demeilloni Doucet, 1950
  • Culex diengensis Brug, 1931
  • Culex diplophyllum Dyar, 1929
  • Culex dipseticus Dyar & Knab, 1909
  • Culex dohenyi Hogue, 1975
  • Culex dolosus (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1891)
  • Culex draconis Ingram & De Meillon, 1927
  • Culex duplicator Dyar & Knab, 1909
  • Culex duttoni Theobald, 1901
  • Culex eduardoi Casal & García, 1968
  • Culex edwardsi Barraud, 1923
  • Culex elgonicus Edwards, 1941
  • Culex erythrothorax Dyar, 1907
  • Culex eschirasi Galliard, 1931
  • Culex farakoensis Hamon, 1955
  • Culex fasyi Baisas, 1938
  • Culex fernandezi Casal, García & Cavalieri, 1966
  • Culex foliaceus Lane, 1945
  • Culex fuscocephala Theobald, 1907
  • Culex gameti Bailly-Choumara, 1966
  • Culex garciai González, 2000
  • Culex gaugleri Suman, 2022
  • Culex gediensis Edwards, 1941
  • Culex gelidus Theobald, 1901
  • Culex globocoxitus Dobrotworsky, 1953
  • Culex grahamii Theobald, 1910
  • Culex guayasi Levi-Castillo, 1953
  • Culex guiarti Blanchard, 1905
  • Culex guizhouensis Chen & Zhao, 1985
  • Culex habilitator Dyar & Knab, 1906
  • Culex hancocki Edwards, 1930
  • Culex hopkinsi Edwards, 1932
  • Culex huangae Meng, 1958
  • Culex hutchinsoni Barraud, 1924
  • Culex incognitus Baisas, 1938
  • Culex inflictus Theobald, 1901
  • Culex ingrami Edwards, 1916
  • Culex interfor Dyar, 1928
  • Culex interrogator Dyar & Knab, 1906
  • Culex invidiosus Theobald, 1901
  • Culex iyengari Mattingly & Rageau, 1958
  • Culex jacksoni Edwards, 1934
  • Culex janitor Theobald, 1903
  • Culex kartalae Brunhes, 1977
  • Culex kesseli Belkin, 1962
  • Culex kingii (Theobald, 1913)
  • Culex lachrimans Dyar & Knab, 1909
  • Culex lahillei Bachmann & Casal, 1962
  • Culex laticinctus Edwards, 1913
  • Culex laticlasper Galindo & Blanton, 1954
  • Culex levicastilloi Lane, 1945
  • Culex litoralis Bohart, 1946
  • Culex litwakae Harbach, 1985
  • Culex longitubus Somboon, Namgay & Harbach, 2021
  • Culex lygrus Root, 1927
  • Culex macrophyllus Edwards & Gibbins, 1939
  • Culex maracayensis Evans, 1923
  • Culex marianae Bohart & Ingram, 1946
  • Culex marquesensis Stone & Rosen, 1953
  • Culex mattinglyi Knight, 1953
  • Culex mauesensis Lane, 1945
  • Culex maxi Dyar, 1928
  • Culex mayumbae Galliard, 1931
  • Culex mengdingensis Dong, 2010
  • Culex mimeticus Noè, 1899
  • Culex mimuloides Barraud, 1924
  • Culex mimulus Edwards, 1915
  • Culex miraculosus Bonne-Wepster, 1937
  • Culex mirificus Edwards, 1913
  • Culex mollis Dyar & Knab, 1906
  • Culex mundulus Grünberg, 1905
  • Culex murrelli Lien, 1968
  • Culex musarum Edwards, 1932
  • Culex nakuruensis Mattingly, 1951
  • Culex neavei Theobald, 1906
  • Culex nigripalpus Theobald, 1901
  • Culex ninagongoensis Edwards, 1928
  • Culex omani Belkin, 1962
  • Culex orientalis Edwards, 1921
  • Culex ornatothoracis Theobald, 1909
  • Culex osakaensis Theobald, 1907
  • Culex ousqua Dyar, 1918
  • Culex pacificus Edwards, 1916
  • Culex pajoti Ramos & Ribeiro, 1981
  • Culex pallidothoracis Theobald, 1909
  • Culex palpalis Taylor, 1912
  • Culex paramaxi Duret, 1968
  • Culex perexiguus Theobald, 1903
  • Culex perfidiosus Edwards, 1914
  • Culex perfuscus Edwards, 1914
  • Culex permixtus Hsieh & Liao, 1956
  • Culex perplexus Leicester, 1908
  • Culex pervigilans Bergroth, 1889
  • Culex philipi Edwards, 1929
  • Culex philippinensis Sirivanakarn, 1976
  • Culex pinarocampa Dyar & Knab, 1908
  • Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758
  • Culex plicatus Olivares, 1993
  • Culex propinquus Colless, 1955
  • Culex prosecutor Séguy, 1927
  • Culex pruina Theobald, 1901
  • Culex pseudoguizhouensis Dong, 2010
  • Culex pseudoinfula Theobald, 1911
  • Culex pseudojanthinosoma Sénévet & Abonnenc, 1946
  • Culex pseudopruina Cunningham van Someren, 1951
  • Culex pseudostigmatosoma Strickman, 1989
  • Culex pseudovishnui Colless, 1957
  • Culex quasiguiarti Theobald, 1910
  • Culex quasimodestus Theobald, 1905
  • Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823
  • Culex quitensis Levi-Castillo, 1953
  • Culex restuans Theobald, 1901
  • Culex riojanus Duret, 1968
  • Culex roseni Belkin, 1962
  • Culex rotoruae Belkin, 1968
  • Culex salinarius Coquillett, 1904
  • Culex saltanensis Dyar, 1928
  • Culex scheuberi Carpintero & Leguizamon, 2005
  • Culex schwetzi Edwards, 1929
  • Culex scimitar Branch & Seabrook, 1959
  • Culex scottii Theobald, 1912
  • Culex sechani Brunhes & Boussès, 2009
  • Culex secutor Theobald, 1901
  • Culex seldeslachtsi Wolfs, 1947
  • Culex shoae Hamon & Ovazza, 1954
  • Culex simpsoni Theobald, 1905
  • Culex sinaiticus Kirkpatrick, 1924
  • Culex sitiens Wiedemann, 1828
  • Culex solitarius Bonne-Wepster, 1938
  • Culex sphinx Howard, Dyar & Knab, 1913
  • Culex spinosus Lutz, 1905
  • Culex stenolepis Dyar & Knab, 1908
  • Culex sternopallidus Roubaud, 1945
  • Culex sternopunctatus Roubaud, 1945
  • Culex stigmatosoma Dyar, 1907
  • Culex striatipes Edwards, 1941
  • Culex summorosus Dyar, 1920
  • Culex surinamensis Dyar, 1918
  • Culex tamsi Edwards, 1934
  • Culex tarsalis Coquillett, 1896
  • Culex tatoi Casal & García, 1971
  • Culex telesilla De Meillon & Lavoipierre, 1945
  • Culex tenagius Cunningham van Someren, 1954
  • Culex terzii Edwards, 1941
  • Culex thalassius Theobald, 1903
  • Culex theileri Theobald, 1903
  • Culex thriambus Dyar, 1921
  • Culex tianpingensis Chen, 1981
  • Culex toroensis Edwards & Gibbins, 1939
  • Culex torrentium Martini, 1925
  • Culex toviiensis Klein, Rivière & Séchan, 1984
  • Culex trifilatus Edwards, 1914
  • Culex trifoliatus Edwards, 1914
  • Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901
  • Culex tsengi Lien, 1968
  • Culex ugandae Cunningham van Someren, 1967
  • Culex umbripes Edwards, 1941
  • Culex univittatus Theobald, 1901
  • Culex usquatissimus Dyar, 1922
  • Culex usquatus Dyar, 1918
  • Culex vagans Wiedemann, 1828
  • Culex vansomereni Edwards, 1926
  • Culex ventrilloni Edwards, 1920
  • Culex verutus Harbach, 1987
  • Culex vexillatus Edwards, 1941
  • Culex vicinalis De Meillon & Lavoipierre, 1944
  • Culex vicinus (Taylor, 1916)
  • Culex vishnui Theobald, 1901
  • Culex watti Edwards, 1920
  • Culex weschei Edwards, 1935
  • Culex whitei Barraud, 1923
  • Culex whitmorei (Giles, 1904)
  • Culex whittingtoni Belkin, 1962
  • Culex yojoae Strickman, 1989
  • Culex zombaensis Theobald, 1901

Note

  1. 1 2 (EN) Culex (Culex), su Catalogue of Life.

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