Family Culicidae

Many Fabricius types are in either poor condition or even lost. Please contact the Diptera Curator for further information on the condition of the types for individual species. The Wiedemann material listed here is not in every case type material.

Current Family Genus (orig. comb.) Species Author Citation new combination
/synonym of
Culicidae Culex annulatus Fabricius 1787: Man. Ins. II: 363 Culiseta
Culicidae Culex cilipes Fabricius 1805: Syst. Antl.: 34 Psorophora
Culicidae Culex cingulatus Fabricius 1805: Syst. Antl.: 36 Psorophora
Culicidae Culex cyaneus Fabricius 1805: Syst. Antl.: 35 Sabethes
Culicidae Culex fasciatus Fabricius 1805: Syst. Antl.: 36 Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)
Culicidae Culex haemorrhoidalis Fabricius 1787: Man. Ins. II: 364 Toxorhynchites
Culicidae Culex laniger Wiedemann 1820: Nova Dipt. Gen.: 9 Aedes
Culicidae Culex longipes Fabricius 1805: Syst. Antl.: 34 Runchomyia
Culicidae Culex lutescens Fabricius 1775: Syst. Ent.: 800 Aedes flavescens (Müller, 1764)
Culicidae Anopheles nigripes Staeger 1839: Naturhist. Tidsskrift [1] 2: 552 Anopheles plumbeus (Stephens, 1828)
Culicidae Culex remipes Wiedemann 1828: Aussereur. Zweifl. Insekten 1 : 573 ?
Culicidae Anopheles sinensis Wiedemann 1828: Aussereur. Zweifl. Insekten 1: 547 none
Culicidae Culex sitiens Wiedemann 1830: Aussereur. Zweifl. Insekten 2: 542 none
Culicidae Culex splendens Wiedemann 1819: Zool. Mag., Kiel 1(3): 2 Toxorhynchites

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