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Name scientific

Culicidae

Preferred name

Culicidae

Taxonomy reference

Macfarlane, R. P.; Maddison, P. A.; Andrew, I. G.; Berry, J. A.; Johns, P. M.; Hoare, R. J. B.; Larivière, M.-C.; Greenslade, P.; Henderson, R. C.; Smithers, C. N.; Palma, R. L.; Ward, J. B.; Pilgrim, R. L. C.; Towns, D. R.; McLellan, I. D.; Teulon, D. A. J.; Hitchings, T. R.; Eastop, V. F.; Martin, N. A.; Fletcher, M. J.; Stufkens, M. A. W.; Dale, P. J.; Burckhardt, D.; Buckley, T. R.; Trewick, S. A. 2010: Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Checklist of New Zealand Hexapoda. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 2. 467-233.

Nomenclature

Nomenclatural code

ICZN

Basionym

Culicidae

Taxonomic rank

family

Canonical form

Culicidae

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Culicidae

Subordinates

Aedes
Coquillettidia
Culex
Culiseta
Maorigoeldia
Opifex
Theobaldia

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

mosquitoes

Language of use: Māori

namu katipo

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Culicidae

Culicidae

Macfarlane, R. P.; Maddison, P. A. et al. (2010)

Culicidae

Culicidae

Scott, R.R.; Emberson, R.M. (1999)

Culicidae

Scott, R.R.; Emberson, R.M. (1999)

Historic biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

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ffc69c6a-74b2-4c6f-8a25-9a7e54e99f2b

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_NZAC

Date added

8 March 2011

Date last updated

10 June 2025

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