The J. Pedro Duret mosquito collection (Diptera: Culicidae).

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1990

Original Publication

Mosquito Systematics

Volume

22

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

192-195

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Harbach, R. E., T. V. Gaffigan, and J. E. Pecor.

 

Abstract

Acquisition of the J. Pedro Duret mosquito collection by the Smithsonian Institution is reported. The collection contains more than 14,000 individually pinned and labeled adult mosquitoes, including 39 primary type specimens. It also includes some 7800 male genitalia preparations and 900 larval and pupal exuviae on microscope slides. A complete list of Duret species-group names is included, with label data for holotype specimens contained in the collection.

Notes

Author(s) - Harbach, R. E., T. V. Gaffigan, and J. E. Pecor.