Article
The type specimens of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) deposited in the entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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SILVA, Verônica Marchon et al. The type specimens of mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) deposited in the entomological collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 91, n. 4, p. 471-478, July/Aug. 1996.
0074-0276
10.1590/S0074-02761996000400014
1678-8060
Autor
Silva, Verônica Marchon
Oliveira, Ricardo Lourenço de
Almeida, Magaly Dolsan de
Vasconcelos, Adenildo da Silva
Costa, Jane
Resumen
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.