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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]
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]
Original - Anatomy of an adult mosquito, Culex pipiens Reason Detailed, highly encyclopedic SVG diagram of an adult mosquito (Culex pipiens). Similar in style to the current FPs of the dragonfly, wasp and ant. Articles in which this image appears Mosquito, Culex Creator LadyofHats. Support as nominator--Anxietycello 00:14, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
Culex (Culex) gelidus is a species of mosquito belonging to the genus Culex. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, [1] Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India ...
Original - Anatomy of an mosquito larva, Culex spp. Reason As per here, nominating larva diagram of Culex. As before, the same reasoning stands: Detailed, highly encyclopedic SVG diagram of a Culex mosquito. Similar in style to the current FPs of the dragonfly, wasp and ant. Articles in which this image appears Mosquito, Culex FP category for ...
Culex belkini Stone & Penn, 1948 — Solomon Islands; Culex bicki Stone & Penn, 1947 — Indonesia; Culex binigrolineatus Knight & Rozeboom, 1945 — Indonesia; Culex bougainvillensis Steffan, 1979 — Solomon Islands; Culex miyagii Mogi & Toma, 1999 — Indonesia; Culex pallidiceps (Theobald, 1905) — Papua New Guinea; Culex perkinsi Stone ...
Culex malariager mosquito infected with the malarial parasite Plasmodium dominicana, in Dominican amber of Miocene age, 15–20 million years ago [84] A 2023 study suggested that Libanoculex intermedius found in Lebanese amber, dating to the Barremian age of the Early Cretaceous, around 125 million years ago was the oldest known mosquito. [85]