Coquillettidia Dyar, 1905, 1923

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

Coquillettidia Dyar, 1905

Dyar, KG. (1905) Remarks on genitalic genera in the Culicidae. Proceedings of the entomological Society of Washington 7, 42-49.

- id, Greek patronymic suffix = son of: of the family of

- ia, suffix - commonly used in the generic names of plants which are derived from personal names e.g. Fuchsia, Wisteria

Dyar dedicates his genus to Daniel William Coquillett, born January 23 1856 in illinois, who contributed

valuable work on agricultural pests and Diptera biology and systematics. In 1896 he was raised to the office of

Hononuy Custodian of Diptera of the United States National Museum, a post which he held at the time of his death on July 7 1911.

Dyar does not remark on his dedication and the only reference to the name of the new genus is on page 47: "Genus COQUllLETTIDIA , new genus...••