Toxorhynchites (toxorhynchites) mexicanus, N. SP. (Diptera: Culicidae) from Mexican Amber: A New World Species with Old World Affinities

Thomas J. Zavortink; George O. Poinar

doi:10.4289/0013-8797-110.1.116

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Thomas J. Zavortink,^* George O. Poinar^*

^*(TJZ) Bohart Museum, Department of Entomology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A. (e-mail: tjzavortink@ucdavis.edu); (GOP) Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A. (e-mail: poinarg@science.oregonstate.edu)

Abstract

A new species of fossil mosquito, Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) mexicanus, is described from Mexican amber. This species differs from all extant species of the genus by having a strong bristle posteriorly on the postpronotum and it differs from all species of the subgenus Toxorhynchites by having the unique combination of a short rm index (1.3) and conspicuous caudal tufts of setae on the abdomen. This is the first record of the Old World subgenus Toxorhynchites in the New World.

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Thomas J. Zavortink and George O. Poinar "Toxorhynchites (toxorhynchites) mexicanus, N. SP. (Diptera: Culicidae) from Mexican Amber: A New World Species with Old World Affinities," Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 110(1), 116-125, (1 January 2008). https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797-110.1.116

Published: 1 January 2008

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