Culex buxtoni, Edwards, 1923

Keith Snow, 2001, The names of European mosqitoes: Part 7, European Mosqito Bulletin 9, pp. 4-8 : 6

Coquillettidia buxtoni (Edwards, 1923)

Edwards, F.W. (1923) Mosquito notes. - IV. Bulletin of entomological Research 14, 1-9.

On page 9 Edwarcis describes Taeniorhynchus (Coquillettidia) buxtoni noting that "This species differs in many details of coloration, notably in the dark tarsi. from T. richiardii (Fic.) , the only species previously known from the Palaearctic region". Details of the collection are given as "Palestine: Hileh, Jordan Valley, 3.ix.1922 (p. A Buxton)".

Patrick Alfred Buxton (1892-1956) made many significant contributions to medical entomology including books on "The Louse", "Natural History of the Tsetse Flies" and "Animal Life in Deserts". He also published on mosquitoes from the Middle East, Africa and the South Pacific.

Buxton studied at Cambridge and St George's Hospital and, after serving in Iraq and Iran during World War I, became entomologist to the government of Palestine, before moving to the South Pacific. He was appointed Director of the Department of Entomology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1926. In 1933 he was appointed Professor of Medical Entomology at the University of London, a post which he held until his death. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1943 and was made C. MG. in 1947.