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Culex malariager Poinar, 2005

Edited by Ralph Harbach on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 22:16
Age: 

Cenozoic, Tertiary, Early Miocene to Late Eocene (16.0-40.4 Mya).

Type data: 

Holotype ♀, La Toca amber mine, Dominican Republic (Dominican amber).

Depository: 

Poinar Amber Collection, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.

Note: 

Dating of Dominican amber is controversial. The latest proposed age is 15-20 Mya based on foraminifera and the earliest is 30-45 Mya based on coccoliths. Dating is difficult because the amber is secondarily deposited in sandstone of the Early Miocene to the Later Eocene. Culex malariager cannot be placed in an extant subgenus because it bears two morphological features that are unique among Culex: remigium with two groups of dorsal setae and vein 2A with rows of short erect setae (Poinar, 2005).

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