Catalog of the Diptera types described by Camillo Rondani
Author
Sforzi, Alessandra
0000-0001-6974-7741
alessandra.sforzi@libero.it
Author
Sommaggio, Daniele
0000-0001-6974-7741
alessandra.sforzi@libero.it
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-06-17
4989
1
1
438
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4989.1.1
1175-5326
4980621
89C63841-3CF4-491D-8C73-BEF7DCB18FB5
Culex articulatus
Rondani, 1872
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 1872a: 30.
TYPE
LOCALITY: “
Italia
[
Italy
]”
.
TYPE MATERIAL:
2 ♂♂
,
1 ♀
,
syntypes
(
MZUF
: Box 57):
Culex
Lin.
/
articulatus
Rndn.
/ 3017;
1 ♀
,
syntype
(
MZUF
: Box 57):
Culex
Lin.
/
articulatus
Rndn.
/ 3017 / Mag. [May];
1 ♂
,
syntype
(
MZUF
: Box 57):
Culex
Lin.
/
articulatus
Rndn.
/ 3017 / Ott. [October];
1 ♂
,
syntype
(
MZUF
: Box 57):
Culex
Lin.
/
articulatus
Rndn.
/ 3017 / 19/8.
CURRENT STATUS: junior synonym of
Aedes vexans
(Meigen, 1830)
(
Minář 1991: 91
,
Harbach 2018: 16
).
REMARKS:
Rondani (1872a: 30)
included
Culex articulatus
as a new species in a key but did not provide a detailed description,
number
or length of the specimens but provided specific characters for the male. Six
syntypes
were found in this study.