Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Culex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856
- Name authority
- Walker, 1856
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Culicidae
- Genus
- Culex
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderDiptera
- familyCulicidae
- subfamilyCulicinae
- tribeCulicini
- genusCulex Linnaeus, 1758
- subgenusCulex (Neoculex) Dyar, 1905
- speciesCulex (Neoculex) territans Walker, 1856
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Culex. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Culex (Oculeomyia) cornutus Edwards, 1922 | CulicidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Culex (Anoedioporpa) corrigani Dyar & Knab, 1907 | CulicidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Culex (Lophoceraomyia) cottlei Sirivanakarn, 1968 | CulicidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Culex (Maillotia) coursi Doucet, 1949 | CulicidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Culex (Neoculex) crassistylus Brug, 1934 | CulicidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Culex (Culex) cuyanus Duret, 1968 | CulicidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Culex (Culex) decens Theobald, 1901 | CulicidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Culex (Culex) delys Howard, Dyar & Knab, 1915 | CulicidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Culex (Culex) demeilloni Doucet, 1950 | CulicidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Culex (Neoculex) derivator Dyar & Knab, 1906 | CulicidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Culex (Lophoceraomyia) digoelensis Brug, 1932 | CulicidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Culex (Culiciomyia) dispectus Bram, 1966 | CulicidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Culex saxatilis Grossbeck, 1905 Grossbeck, 1905 | synonym |
| Culex territans Walker, 1856 Walker, 1856 | synonym |
| Culex nematoides Dyar & Shannon, 1925 Dyar & Shannon, 1925 | synonym |
| Culex pyrenaicus Brolemann, 1919 Brolemann, 1919 | synonym |
| Culex frickii Ludlow, 1906 Ludlow, 1906 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Walker, F. (1856) Diptera. Part V, pp. 415-474. In [Saunders, W. W. (ed.)], Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. 1. Van Voorst, London. 474 pp. [1856.03.03].Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:32BWW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.