Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Singapore and Malacca

Chapter 6: Gen. Culex, Linn.

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A systematic catalogue of dipterous insects collected at Singapore and Malacca, listing families, genera, and species with concise morphological descriptions, measurements, and precise collection localities. Entries note diagnostic characters, colouration, and intraspecific variation, and record altitudinal and geographic occurrences when known. Numerous taxa are described as new, accompanied by comparative remarks and occasional figures or plates to aid identification, while brief comments indicate wider distributional links to specimens from neighboring islands and regions.

Fam. CULICIDÆ, Haliday.

Gen. Culex, Linn.

2. Culex splendens, Wied. Auss. Zweifl. i. 3. 3.

Singapore. Inhabits also Java.

3. Culex fuscanus, Wied. Auss. Zweifl. i. 6. 9.

Malacca. Inhabits also Hindostan.

4. Culex annulipes, n. s., fœm. Obscurè fuscus, thoracis abdominisque lateribus albo-punctatis, pedibus albo-cinctis, alis sublimpidis venis fusco-ciliatis.

Female. Dark brown. Sides of the thorax and of the abdomen with minute white dots. Legs with numerous white bands. Wings nearly limpid; veins brown, ciliated. Length of the body 2½ lines; of the wings 4 lines.

Singapore. (Jungle.)