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Issue: Vol. 5647 No. 6: 19 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5647.6.1
Page range: 501-525
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Pictorial key to the fourth-instar larvae of the subgenera and species of Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) known to occur in Iran

Research Center of Health and Environment; School of Health; Guilan University of Medical Sciences; Rasht; Iran; Department of Medical Parasitology; Mycology and Entomology; School of Medicine; Guilan University of Medical Sciences; Rasht; Iran
Diptera Culicinae identification keys Middle East Palaearctic region southwestern asia taxonomy

Abstract

Pictorial key are provided for the identification of the fourth-instar larvae of the five subgenera and 19 species of Culex Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Culicidae) known to occur in Iran. Some notes are added to aid identification of the species.

 

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Azari-Hamidian, S. (2025) Pictorial key to the fourth-instar larvae of the subgenera and species of Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) known to occur in Iran. Zootaxa, 5647 (6), 501–525. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.6.1