Culex sitiens
| Culex sitiens | |
|---|---|
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| Adult female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Culex |
| Species: | C. sitiens |
| Binomial name | |
| Culex sitiens Wiedemann, 1828 | |
Culex sitiens is a species of mosquito in the genus Culex native to parts of Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
Distribution
Culex sitiens is native to coastal areas of East Africa, including Madagascar, southwestern Asia, the Ryukyu Archipelago, Korea, northern Australia, and South Pacific islands.[1]
Pest status
There is evidence Cx. sitiens is a vector for Japanese encephalitis, as well as the roundworm Brugia malayi in Thailand.[1]
References
- 1 2 Norbert Becker; Dusan Petric; Marija Zgomba; Clive Boase; Minoo Madon; Christine Dahl; Achim Kaiser (2010). Mosquitoes and Their Control. New York, New York: Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 366–67. ISBN 9783540928744.
External links
Media related to Culex sitiens at Wikimedia Commons