University of Gdask, Faculty of Biology, Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Laboratory of Systematic Zoology; Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdask, Poland. .
Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences; Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. .
Zootaxa. 2021 Aug 5;5016(2):257-270. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5016.2.6.
Culex ekaterinae sp. nov. is described based on an adult male embedded in amber from the Rovno region, northwestern Ukraine. The new species is compared with its presumed closest known relative, i.e. Culex erikae Szadziewski et Szadziewska, 1985 described from adults in Baltic amber. The two species exhibit distinct differences in the size of the main body parts, including the antenna, maxillary palpus and proboscis, as well as in the venation of the wing, the structure of the ungues and male genitaliacharacters crucial in the diagnosis of adult mosquitoes. A redescription of Culiseta gedanica Szadziewski et Gika, 2011, to date known from a single adult male, is presented based on a male in amber from Voronki, Rovno region. A tabulation of fossil Culicidae with their geological ages is provided.
基于一块来自乌克兰西北部罗夫诺地区的琥珀中保存的一只成年雄性蚊子，描述了一种新的库蚊属物种，即 Culex ekaterinae sp. nov.。该新种与已知的亲缘关系最密切的假定物种，即 Culex erikae Szadziewski et Szadziewska, 1985 进行了比较，后者是从波罗的海琥珀中成年蚊子描述而来。这两个物种在身体主要部位的大小，包括触角、下颚须和喙，以及翅膀的脉序、跗节的结构和雄性生殖器特征等方面存在明显差异，这些特征对成年蚊子的诊断至关重要。根据一块来自罗夫诺地区沃罗恩基的琥珀中的一只雄性蚊子，对迄今为止仅已知一个雄性的 Culiseta gedanica Szadziewski et Gika, 2011 进行了重新描述。提供了一个带有地质年代的化石库蚊属列表。
