Eumelanomyia Theobald, 1909

Harbach, Ralph E. & Howard, Theresa M., 2007, Corrections in the status and rank of names used to denote varietal forms of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae), Zootaxa 1542, pp. 35-48 : 42

Subgenus Eumelanomyia Theobald

horridus subspecies rageaui ( Neoculex horridus var. rageaui Hamon & Rickenbach, 1955 ). Holotype ♂: Nkolbisson, Yaoundé Region, Cameroon (IRD).

Hamon & Rickenbach (1955) described and named Neoculex horridus var. rageaui from six males which have differently developed setae on the subapical lobe of the gonocoxite that distinguish them from males of the nominotypical form. Since the name was proposed expressly for a varietal entity, it is deemed to be subspecific with availability from Hamon & Rickenbach (1955). Stone et al. (1959) listed horridus as a species of Culex ( Neoculex ) and Sirivanakarn (1971) transferred it to subgenus Eumelanomyia .