Culex bitaeniorhynchus

Species of mosquito

Culex bitaeniorhynchus

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

C. bitaeniorhynchus

Binomial name
Culex bitaeniorhynchus

Giles, 1901

Synonyms

* Culex ethiopicus Edwards, 1912
* Culex karatsuensis Mochizuki, 1913
* Culicelsa abdominalis Taylor, 1913
* Grabhamia ambiguus Theobald, 1903
* Grabhamia taeniarostris Theobald, 1907
* Oculeomyia sarawaki Theobald, 1907
* Taeniorhynchus ager Giles, 1901
* Taeniorhynchus domesticus Leicester, 1908
* Taeniorhynchus ocellata Theobald, 1907
* Taeniorhynchus tenax Theobald, 1901

Culex (Oculeomyia) bitaeniorhynchus is a species of mosquito belonging to the genus Culex. It is a cosmopolitan species which can be found in all continents, except America and Antarctica.[1][2][3]

## Bionomics

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Larva can be found in pools with stagnant waters containing Spirogyra. Females are blood feeders of birds and sometimes humans. Adults and larva can be naturally infected with Wuchereria bancrofti and Batai virus in India, and Burgia malayi in Sri Lanka. It can also infect Murray Valley encephalitis in Australia.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
2. ^ "Species Details : Culex bitaeniorhynchus Giles, 1901". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
3. ^ "bitaeniorhynchus Giles". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
4. ^ "Culex (Ocu.) bitaeniorhynchus". Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

## External links

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* The Forms of Culex (Culex) bitaeniorhynchus Giles in Southeast Asia
* Semiochemicals of Culex bitaeniorhynchus

Taxon identifiers

Culex bitaeniorhynchus|

* Wikidata: Q13854458
* AFD: Culex_(Oculeomyia)_bitaeniorhynchus
* BioLib: 718640
* BOLD: 81270
* CoL: 88F52
* EoL: 758198
* GBIF: 1653337
* iNaturalist: 155452
* IRMNG: 10125168
* ITIS: 1151145
* NCBI: 69822
* Open Tree of Life: 614101
* SCC: 17820