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Culex vectensis Edwards, 1923

Edited by Ralph Harbach on Sat, 06/05/2010 - 16:08
Age: 

Cenozoic, Tertiary, Oligocene (23.0-33.9 Mya).

Type data: 

Holotype ♀, Gurnet Bay, Isle of Wight, England (compression / impression).

Depository: 

Natural History Museum, London, UK.

Note: 

As the author pointed out, the length of the subcosta and cell R2 of the wing strongly indicate that this mosquito is a species of genus Culex as presently defined.

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