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Theobaldia (Culicella) litorea (Shute) n.sp. (Diptera, Culicidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

J. F. Marshall  and
J. Staley
J. F. Marshall
Affiliation:
British Mosquito Control Institute, Hayling Island.
J. Staley
Affiliation:
British Mosquito Control Institute, Hayling Island.
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In The Entomologist of August, 1928, P. G. Shute gave an account of mosquitoes reared from larvae collected by him in salt marshes at Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex), which, he stated, though closely resembling Theobaldia (Culicella) morsitans Theo., differed from that species in certain respects, notably by having the male adult palps distinctly shorter. The description given by Shute of this “short-palped” Culicella was as follows:

Larvae. Dark brown in colour, pecten teeth more widely spaced in typical C. morsitans and sometimes extending as far as one-third the length of the siphon. Comb scales taper sharply at the base. Anal gills shorter, hardly more than one-third the length of the anal segment.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , February 1933 , pp. 119 - 126
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1933

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References

1 This method of distinguishing fumipennis from morsitans was pointed out by Edwards, F. W. in 1912.Google Scholar

2 We are greatly indebted to Mr G. J. Kerrich, of the Cambridge Zoological Museum, both for the loan of these specimens and for permission to make microscope preparations of their hypopygia.