The names of European mosqitoes: Part 7
Author
Keith Snow
text
European Mosqito Bulletin
2001
9
4
8
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.164887
82939e76-4ca6-4adb-b749-e27db9db12f5
1460-6127
164887
BalTaudius
Edwards, 1921
Edwards, F.W.
(
1921
)
A revision of the mosquitos
of
the Pa
1
aearctic Region Bulletin
of
entomological Research
12
,
263- 351
.
Edwards dedicates this sub-genus
to
Pbilip James Banaud
(1879-1948)
who
was
best
known for his
1934 work on
the megarbine and culicine mosquitoes
of
India
.
In his
paper
Edwards
names "
Subgenus
Barraudius
,
nov
." on
page
332 but
does
not formally dedicate the taxon
to
Banaud
. However,
in the section
on
Culex (Baraudius) pusillus
he makes the
following
references
to
him
: "I
did not
at
first distinguish this species [
Culex pusillus
] from
C.
modestus
, and
it was
recorded
by Banaud under this
name" (
page
333)
and
"The 1arva was
found by Barraud in small nmnbers near
Basra" (
page
334).