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Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae... Ed. 10, Vol. 1. 824 pp. L. Salvii, Holmiae [= Stockholm]. [1758.01.01]

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Diptera
family
Culicidae
genus
Culex
species
Culex pipiens

Name

Synonyms
Culex agilis Bigot, 1889
Culex autogenicus Roubaud, 1935
Culex azoriensis Theobald, 1903
Culex berbericus Roubaud, 1935
Culex bicolor Meigen, 1818
Culex bifurcatus Linnaeus, 1758
Culex calcitrans Robineau-Desvoidy, 1827
Culex calloti Rioux & Pech, 1959
Culex ciliaris Walker, 1856
Culex consobrinus Robineau-Desvoidy, 1827
Culex disjunctus Roubaud, 1957
Culex doliorum Edwards, 1912
Culex domesticus Germar, 1817
Culex erectus Iglisch, 1977
Culex fasciatus Müller, 1764
Culex haematophagus Ficalbi, 1893
Culex longefurcatus Becker, 1903
Culex luteus Meigen, 1804
Culex marginalis Stephens, 1825
Culex melanorhinus Giles, 1900
Homonyms
Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Gemeine Stechmücke in German
Lille kældermyg in Danish
Mosquito in English
Moustique commun, Maringouin in French
Northern House Mosquito in English
Nërdlech Haus-Mustik in Luxembourgish
maringouin domestique in French
northern house mosquito in English
steekmug in Dutch
Gewone steekmug in Dutch
liten husmygg in Nynorsk, Norwegian
liten husmygg in Norwegian Bokmål
sicca in Northern Sami
sydlig husmygga in Swedish
Steekmug in Dutch

Bibliographic References

  1. Beuk, P.L.Th. (ed.) (2002)
  2. Haren, J.C.M. van & Verdonschot, P.F.M. (1995)
  3. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
  4. Nilsson (1996) Aquatic Insects of North Europe, vol. 1: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Heteroptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Trichoptera and Lepidoptera
  5. Nilsson, A. (ed.) (1997)
  6. Nilsson, A. (ed.) (1997)
  7. Schaffner F., Weigand A., Ries C. 2023. - Atlas and catalogue of the mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) of Luxembourg. Ferrantia 87, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 117 p. https://ps.mnhn.lu/ferrantia/publications/Ferrantia87.pdf
  8. Wilkerson, Richard C., Yvonne-Marie Linton and Daniel Strickman, 2021: null. Mosquitoes of the World, vol. 1 and 2. ix + 1308.
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