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Issue: Vol. 4521 No. 2: 14 Nov. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.2.8
Page range: 275–280
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Description of the pupa of Culex (Culex) bidens Dyar (Diptera: Culicidae)

Instituto de Ecología, A. C. (INECOL) Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, Col. El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, CP 91070, México.
Instituto de Ecología, A. C. (INECOL) Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad. Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, Col. El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, CP 91070, México.
Diptera Mexico Culex bidens Culex declarator Culex interfor pupa

Abstract

The pupa of Culex (Culex) bidens Dyar is described based on specimens from Mexico. The pupa is compared with the pupae of Culex (Culex) declarator Dyar & Knab and Culex (Culex) interfor Dyar, similar species which are easily confused with Culex bidens.

 

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