Presence
| Recorded on | Sint Maarten |
| Presence status | Data deficient (3a) |
| Distribution description | Reported from the Greater Antilles and the Virgin Islands (van der Kuyp, 1954). |
| Notes on presence status | The identification of this species is problematic as adults look very similar to Cx. bahamensis, whereas the larvae resemble Cx. nigripalpus. Despite the fact that Van der Kuyp (1948, 1949, 1954) collected both larvae and adults, and therefore identification should be easy, his description of the larvae does not agree with diagnostic characters described by Bram (1967). To determine whether Van der Kuyp’s records really represent this species, a reanalysis of the original material stored in the Smithsonian Institution is needed (National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., USA – NMNH). |
Publications
- Beek, J.G. van der, Dijkstra, K-D.B., Hoorn, B.B. van der, Boerlijst, S.P., Busscher, L., Kok, M.L., Braks, M.A.H., Schaffner, F., Davelaar, G.J., Henry, M., Hulshof, K., Leslie, T.E. & Schrama, M.J.J. 2020. Taxonomy, ecology and distribution of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Dutch Leeward Islands, with a key to the adults and fourth instar larvae. 1-19. Constributions to Zoology. [link]
- Kuyp, E. van der 1954. Mosquitoes of the Netherlands Antilles and their hygienic importance. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 5: 37-114.