The type specimens of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) deposited in the entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A list of type specimens of 100 mosquito species deposited in the Entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz is presented. It includes five holotypes belonging to the subfamily Anophelinae; 56 holotypes of Culicinae and two of Toxorhynchitinae. A lectotype is designated for Toxorhynchite...

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Main Authors: Verônica Marchon-Silva, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Magaly Dolsan de Almeida, Adenildo da Silva-Vasconcelos, Jane Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1996-08-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761996000400014
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author Verônica Marchon-Silva
Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira
Magaly Dolsan de Almeida
Adenildo da Silva-Vasconcelos
Jane Costa
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Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira
Magaly Dolsan de Almeida
Adenildo da Silva-Vasconcelos
Jane Costa
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description A list of type specimens of 100 mosquito species deposited in the Entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz is presented. It includes five holotypes belonging to the subfamily Anophelinae; 56 holotypes of Culicinae and two of Toxorhynchitinae. A lectotype is designated for Toxorhynchites fluminensis. The holotypes of six nominal species - Psorophora chiquitana, Psorophora circunflava, Psorophora melanota, Psorophora lanei, Wyeomyia brucei and Uranotaenia noctivaga - previously considered non existent or of unknown location were found in the collection.
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spelling doaj.art-c80fd9cd82cd4a1c9042518912564a9d2023-08-02T09:28:26ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz0074-02761678-80601996-08-0191447147810.1590/S0074-02761996000400014The type specimens of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) deposited in the entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilVerônica Marchon-SilvaRicardo Lourenço-de-OliveiraMagaly Dolsan de AlmeidaAdenildo da Silva-VasconcelosJane CostaA list of type specimens of 100 mosquito species deposited in the Entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz is presented. It includes five holotypes belonging to the subfamily Anophelinae; 56 holotypes of Culicinae and two of Toxorhynchitinae. A lectotype is designated for Toxorhynchites fluminensis. The holotypes of six nominal species - Psorophora chiquitana, Psorophora circunflava, Psorophora melanota, Psorophora lanei, Wyeomyia brucei and Uranotaenia noctivaga - previously considered non existent or of unknown location were found in the collection.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761996000400014DipteraCulicidaeAnophelinaeCulicinaeToxorhynchitinaemosquito type specimens
spellingShingle Verônica Marchon-Silva
Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira
Magaly Dolsan de Almeida
Adenildo da Silva-Vasconcelos
Jane Costa
The type specimens of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) deposited in the entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Diptera
Culicidae
Anophelinae
Culicinae
Toxorhynchitinae
mosquito type specimens
title The type specimens of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) deposited in the entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
title_full The type specimens of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) deposited in the entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
title_fullStr The type specimens of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) deposited in the entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed The type specimens of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) deposited in the entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
title_short The type specimens of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) deposited in the entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
title_sort type specimens of mosquitoes diptera culicidae deposited in the entomological collection of the instituto oswaldo cruz rio de janeiro brazil
topic Diptera
Culicidae
Anophelinae
Culicinae
Toxorhynchitinae
mosquito type specimens
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761996000400014
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