Redescription of Culex (Eumelanomyia) richei (Diptera: Culicidae), with Treatments of the Previously Unknown Life Stages and a Record of Its Occurrence in Thailand
Abstract
In October of 1985 we made a collection of immature mosquitoes on Doi Inthanon, the highest mountain of Thailand located in Chiang Mai Province, which contained larvae of two species of Culex (Eumelanomyia). One of these, Culex oresbius, proved to be a new species closely related to macrostylus Sirivanakarn and Ramalingam (Harbach and Rattanarithikul 1988). The other species was identified as richei Klein based on the genitalia of a single male reared from a pupa. Association with the larval stage of this species was established through a male reared from a larva collected on Doi Inthanon in 1981. This specimen had intact genitalia and was previously misidentified as foliatus Brug based on overt characteristics of the larval exuviae. Two females distinguishable from oresbius and resembling the male of richei in overall appearance were bred from pupae contained in the collection made in 1985, but the pupal exuviae of these specimens were lost.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA221450
Entities
People
- Kol Mongkolpanya
- Ralph E. Harback
Organizations
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research