Culex Linnaeus, 1758
Keith Snow, 2001, The names of European mosqitoes: Part 7, European Mosqito Bulletin 9, pp. 4-8 : 7
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Culex Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL
Linnaeus, C. ( 1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Edition 10. Vol. 1. Holmiae. 824 pp.
Latin, culex = gnat. midge
Linna.eus names the genus Culex on page 602 of his historic work and defines it as "Os aculeis setaceis intra vaginam flexilem " which conveys the idea of an animal having biting mouthparts with fine stylets within a flexible proboscis, a description which can be applied to all species of mosquitoes..
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