Culex jenseni

Short description: Species of fly

Culex jenseni

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Diptera
Family:  | Culicidae
Genus:  | Culex
Species:  |

C. jenseni

Binomial name
Culex jenseni

(De Meijere, 1910)

Culex jenseni is a species of mosquito in the genus Culex. It is endemic to Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. C. jenseni is placed in the subgenus Lophoceraomyia. In its larval stage, C. jenseni develops in the pitchers of Nepenthes species, especially N. rajah. As such, it is considered a nepenthebiont.

## References

* Two New Mosquito Species from a Pitcher Plant of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
* Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu,! p. 39.

Wikidata ☰ Q5192912 entry

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