Toxorhynchites portoricensis

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: Lynchiella
Species: Toxorhynchites portoricensis

Name

Toxorhynchites portoricensis (Von Röder, 1885)

Basionym

Megarrhina portoricensis Von Röder, 1885

Synonymy

Megarhinus haitiensis Dyar & Knab, 1906

Distribution

Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico

References

• Belkin, J. N. 1968. Mosquito studies (Diptera: Culicidae). IX. The type specimens of New World mosquitoes in European museums. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 3: 1–69.
• Belkin, J. N., S. J. Heinemann, and W. A. Page. 1970. Mosquito studies (Diptera: Culicidae). XXI. The Culicidae of Jamaica. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 6: 1–458.
• Dyar, H. G. and F. Knab. 1906. The Species of Mosquitoes in the Genus Megarhinus. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 48(1657): 241–258.
• Lane, J. 1953. Neotropical Culicidae, Volume I. São Paulo, Brazil, 548 pp.
• Vargas, L. 1953. Megarhinus de Norteamerica (Diptera: Culicidae). Memoria del Coigreso Científico Mexicano, Ciencias Biológicas 7: 308–315.
• Von Röder, V. 1885. Dipteren von der Insel Portorico. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 46: 337–349.