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Culex or typical mosquitoes are a genus of mosquitoes, several species of which serve as vectors of one or more important diseases of birds, humans, and other animals. The diseases they vector include arbovirus infections such as West Nile virus , Japanese encephalitis , or St. Louis encephalitis , but also filariasis and avian malaria .
Culex pipiens is a species of mosquito commonly referred to as the common house mosquito or northern house mosquito.Native to Africa, Asia and Europe, it is now widely distributed in temperate regions on every continent except Antarctica [1] and is one of the most common mosquitoes found in human habitats in temperate parts of the northern hemisphere. [2]
This is a list of described Culex species around the world, as of 2006. Subspecies have been omitted. Subspecies have been omitted. There are possibly errors and inaccuracies in this list that stem from the conversion from the source.
Culex quinquefasciatus (originally named Culex fatigans), commonly known as the southern house mosquito, is a medium-sized mosquito found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is a vector of Wuchereria bancrofti , avian malaria , and arboviruses including St. Louis encephalitis virus , Western equine encephalitis virus , Zika ...
Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus is a species of mosquito and is the main vector of the disease Japanese encephalitis. [1] This mosquito is a native of northern Asia, and parts of Africa (northeast and sub-Saharan). [2] Females target large animals for blood extraction, including cattle and swine, and are strongly anthropophilic. [3]
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Culex neovishnui Lien, 1968 Culex (Culex) pseudovishnui is a species complex of mosquito belonging to the Culex vishnui group of the genus Culex . It is found in Bangladesh , Cambodia , China , Hong Kong , India , Indonesia , Iran , Iraq , Japan , South Korea , Laos , Macau , Malaysia , Nepal , New Guinea (Island); Papua New Guinea , Pakistan ...
Culex (Lophoceraomyia) uniformis is a species of mosquito belonging to the genus Culex. It is found in India , Malaysia , Hainan Island , New Guinea , Philippines and Sri Lanka . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A sup-species Culex (Lophoceraomyia) uniformis ssp. mercedesae is named after the Filipino acarologist Mercedes Delfinado .