Toxorhynchites erythrurus

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Culicoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Nematocera
Infraordo: Culicomorpha
Superfamilia: Culicoidea

Familia: Culicidae
Subfamilia: Culicinae
Tribus: Toxorhynchitini
Genus: Toxorhynchites
Subgenus: Afrorhynchus
Species: Toxorhynchites erythrurus

Name

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Toxorhynchites erythrurus (Edwards, 1941)

Basionym

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Megarhinus erythrurus Edwards, 1941

Distribution

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Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria

References

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  • Edwards, F. W. 1941. Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region. III. Culicine adults and pupae. British Museum of Natural History, London, 499 pp.
  • Ribeiro, H. 1992. Research on the mosquito subfamily Toxorhynchitnae (Diptera: Culicidae). II. Description of the afrotropical subgenus Afrorhynchus subgen. nov. Mosquito Systematics 23: 195–198.
  • Surtees, G. 1958. A description of the larva of Toxorhynchites erythrurus Edwards, with a note on the larva of Ficalbia (Mimomyia) lacustris Edwards from southern Nigeria (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 27: 63–64.