Species info
Classification > Subfamily Culicinae > Tribe Culicini > Genus Culex > Subgenus Phenacomyia
Culex corniger Theobald, 1903
Scutal pattern of Cx. corniger (Photo: Strickman and Pratt, 1989).
Scutal pattern of Cx. corniger (Photo: Strickman and Pratt, 1989).
Scutal pattern of Cx. corniger (Photo: Strickman and Pratt, 1989).
Adults of Culex corniger. 1. Female abdomen (dorsal view); 2. Female abdomen (lateral view); 3. Female hindtarsus and apex of hindtibia (anterior view); 4. Male abdomen (dorsal view); 5. Male abdomen (lateral view); 6. Male hindtarsus and apex of hindtibia (anterior view) (Photo: Strikman & Pratt, 1989).
Adults of Culex corniger. 1. Female abdomen (dorsal view); 2. Female abdomen (lateral view); 3. Female hindtarsus and apex of hindtibia (anterior view); 4. Male abdomen (dorsal view); 5. Male abdomen (lateral view); 6. Male hindtarsus and apex of hindtibia (anterior view) (Photo: Strikman & Pratt, 1989).
Male genitalia structures and pupa of Cx. corniger (Photo: Strickman & Pratt 1989).
Male genitalia structures and pupa of Cx. corniger (Photo: Strickman & Pratt 1989).
Larva of Cx. corniger (Photo: Strickman & Pratt 1989).
Larva of Cx. corniger (Photo: Strickman & Pratt 1989).
Maxillae of Cx. coniger (Photo: Belkin & Heinemann, 1976).
Maxillae of Cx. coniger (Photo: Belkin & Heinemann, 1976).
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
  • Argentina
    • Misiones
Record
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
 
Synonyms
  • basilicus Dyar and Knab
  • hassardii Grabham
  • loquaculus Dyar and Knab
  • rigidus Senevet and Abonnenc
  • subfuscus Theobald
Habitat and breeding sites
Collection sites of larval specimens of Culex corniger include treeholes, bamboo, Heliconia sp. flower bracts, old truck axle, crumpled roofing paper, rock holes, concrete pond, and other container habitats. Occasionally, the larvae were found in ground pools, stream margin with rocks.
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References
  • STRICKMAN, D., PRATT, J. 1989. Redescription of Cx. corniger Theobald and elevation of Culex (Culex) lactator Dyar and Knab from synonymy based on specimens from Central America (Diptera: Culicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91(4): 551-574.
  • HARBACH, R.E., PEYTON, E.L. . 1992. A new subgenus of Culex in the Neotropical region (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics 24 (3): 242-252.
  • ROSSI, G. C., KRSTICEVIC, F. J., PASCUAL, N. T. 2002. Mosquitos (Diptera: Culicidae) en el área de influencia de la represa de Yacyretá, Argentina. Neotrópica 48: 23-35.
  • ROSSI, G. C. 2015. Annotated checklist, distribution, and taxonomic bibliography of the mosquitoes (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) of Argentina. Check List 11 (4): 1712.
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