New species of Toxorhynchites (Diptera: Culicidae) from Macau (China).

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1997

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

213-217

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Ribeiro H.

 

Abstract

The male holotype and female allotype of Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) macaensis Ribeiro, a new mosquito species from Macau, southern China, are described on the basis of the examination of a type series of 6 males and 7 females. Similarities of the new species with the other species of the Splendens group, to which the new taxon belongs, are discussed and keys to identification of males and females of all the species of the group are provided.

Notes

Author(s) - Ribeiro H.