Relationships of Adult and Larval Anatomy in the Supraspecific Classification of the Genus Culex in Southeast Asia (Diptera: Culicidae)

The supraspecific classification of the genus Culex has remained virtually unchanged since the monumental work of Edwards (1932), Some groups of this genus with limited regional distributions have more recently been critically examined in light of modern taxonomic concepts (for example: Colless (1965) re-evaluated the subgenus Lophoceraomyia in Malaya not only with consideration to adult and immature characters,, but to biological features as well; and Sirivanakarn (1968) refined the classification of species in the same subgenus from New Guinea). But most of the supposed phylogenetic relationships within the genus continue to be based primarily on the anatomy of the male terminalia, In addition to characters of the terminalia, Edwards did incorporate to some degree features of the male antenna and palpus and recognized the anatomy of the female to be of limited importance; however, no consideration was given to either the biology or the anatomy of the immature stages.