Toxorhynchites theobaldi

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 theobaldi

Name

Toxorhynchites theobaldi (Dyar & Knab, 1906)

Synonymy

• Megarhinus theobaldi Dyar & Knab, 1906 [basionym]
• Culex ferox Wiedemann, 1828
• Megarhinus wiedemanni Dyar & Knab, 1906
• Megarhinus ambiguus Dyar & Knab, 1906
• Megarhinus moctezuma Dyar & Knab, 1906
• Megarhinus trinidadensis Dyar & Knab, 1906
• Megarhinus hypoptes Knab, 1907
• Megarhinus fluminensis Peryassú, 1908
• Megarhinus posticatus Lutz & Neiva, 1913
• Megarhinus moengoensis Bonne-Wepster & Bonne, 1923

Distribution

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

References

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