culicinen.adj.
/ˈkjuːlɪsʌɪn//ˈkjuːlɪsiːn/ Entomology.
A mosquito belonging to the tribe Culicini of the sub-family Culicinæ; of or pertaining to a member of this group.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Culicidae > genus Culex or tribe Culicini > member of
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1911 A. W. Alcock Entomol. for Med. Officers iii. 61 Theobald, making the Culicines a separate family, has divided them into ten groups.
1921 G. H. Carpenter Insect Transformation 198 Less abundant in these countries than the Culicine gnats are the Anophelines.
1923 H. Maxwell-Lefroy Man. Entomol. 419 The Anophelines hang parallel to the surface..but the Culicines hang at an angle.
1929 R. Matheson Mosquitoes N. Amer. 36 The species of Culicine mosquitoes have widely varying larval habits.
1964 H. Oldroyd Nat. Hist. Flies vii. 78 Any reference to ‘mosquitoes’ in what follows may be taken as applying to both tribes, unless it is qualified by the adjectives anopheline or culicine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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