Culex Sitiens

Culex sitiens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Culex
Species:	C. sitiens
Binomial name
	Culex sitiens; Wiedemann, 1828

Short description: Species of insect

Culex sitiens is an insect native to coastal areas of East Africa and Madagascar, southwestern Asia, Ryukyu Archipelago, Korea, northern Australia and South Pacific islands.^[1]

There is evidence it is a vector for Japanese encephalitis, as well as the roundworm Brugia malayi in Thailand.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=JIfgVr1f4IQC&dq=Culex+annulirostris&pg=PA365.

Wikidata ☰ Q3007095 entry

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[Becker-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=JIfgVr1f4IQC&dq=Culex+annulirostris&pg=PA365.

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