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Issue: Vol. 5543 No. 4: 5 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5543.4.4
Page range: 572-578
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Culex sarpangensis, a new species of the subgenus Culiciomyia Theobald of the genus Culex Linnaeus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Bhutan

Center of Insect Vector Study; Department of Parasitology; Faculty of Medicine; Chiang Mai University; Chiang Mai 50200; Thailand
Center of Insect Vector Study; Department of Parasitology; Faculty of Medicine; Chiang Mai University; Chiang Mai 50200; Thailand
Vector-Borne Disease Control Programme; Ministry of Health; Gelephu 31101; Bhutan
Department of Science; Natural History Museum; Cromwell Road; London SW7 5BD; UK
Diptera Mosquito Taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of the subgenus Culiciomyia Theobald of the genus Culex Linnaeus is described from larvae found in a stream margin in Umling Gewog, Sarpang District of Bhutan. Based on morphology, the larvae are sufficiently distinct from the larvae of other species of the subgenus to be described and formally named here as Culex sarpangensis Somboon, Namgay & Harbach, sp. nov. The species is a member of the Fragilis Group. The fourth-instar larva is described, illustrated and compared with similar larvae of other species.

 

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