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Genus Neoculicites Evenhuis, 1994

Edited by Ralph Harbach on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 23:57
Name bearing type: 

Culicites depereti Meunier, 1915 (automatically fixed type of a replacement name).

Synonym(s): 

Culicites Meunier, 1915 (preoccupied by von Heyden, 1862; synonymy by Evenhuis, 1994).

characteristics: 

The nominal species assigned to this genus are based on females described as having the appearance of Culex mosquitoes. The authors provided illustrations (poor) in lieu of written descriptions. The fossils appear to be culicine mosquitoes - genus uncertain.

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