Toxorhynchites nairobiensis

Taxonavigation

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 nairobiensis

Name

Toxorhynchites nairobiensis (Van Someren, 1946)

Basionym

Megarhinus nairobiensis Van Someren, 1946

Distribution

Kenya

References

• 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.
• Van Someren, E. C. C. 1946. Ethiopian Culicidae. Tribe Megarhinini. Notes and descriptions. The Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 97: 177–186.