Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Vectopôle Amazonien Emile Abonnenc, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Unité d'Entomologie Médicale, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
J Med Entomol. 2021 Jan 12;58(1):182-221. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaa205.
The taxonomically intricate genus Culex Linnaeus includes numerous known vector species of parasites and viruses to humans. The aim of this article is to comprehensively review the Culex species which occur in French Guiana to provide a stronger taxonomic foundation for future studies on this genus in South America. The occurrence of Culex species was investigated in light of current taxonomic knowledge through an extensive examination of voucher specimens deposited in the entomological collections of four French depositories and additional specimens recently collected at various localities in French Guiana. Based on this review, 104 Culex species classified in eight subgenera are confirmed to occur in French Guiana. Compared to the most recent checklist, 18 species are added, and 10 species excluded, resulting in a total number of 242 valid mosquito species known to occur in French Guiana. Three nominal species are synonymized, three others are newly described, and a last one is transferred to another informal infrasubgeneric group. Overall, this review also highlights the limits of the use of only bibliographic data when dealing with taxonomically complex groups of insects.
按蚊属（Culex Linnaeus）分类复杂，包含许多已知的人类寄生虫和病毒的媒介物种。本文旨在全面综述法属圭亚那的按蚊种属，为未来在南美的该属研究提供更坚实的分类学基础。通过对四个法国收藏机构的昆虫收藏中的凭证标本以及在法属圭亚那各地最近采集的其他标本进行广泛检查，根据当前的分类学知识研究了按蚊种属的发生情况。基于本次审查，确认在法属圭亚那存在 8 个亚属的 104 种按蚊。与最近的清单相比，增加了 18 种，排除了 10 种，因此，已知在法属圭亚那发生的有效蚊子种类总数为 242 种。有 3 个名称种被归为同物异名，3 个被新描述，还有 1 个被转移到另一个非正式的亚属下群。总的来说，本次审查还强调了当涉及分类复杂的昆虫群时，仅使用文献数据处理的局限性。
