Biology:Culex crinicauda
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Short description: Species of mosquito
| Culex crinicauda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Culex |
| Species: | C. crinicauda
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| Binomial name | |
| Culex crinicauda Edwards, 1921[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Culex parvus Taylor, 1912 | |
Culex crinicauda is a species of mosquito in the genus Culex.[2] It is found in northern Australia and breeds in fresh, clear ground water and large containers.[3]
Description
A small to medium-sized mosquito, C. crinicauda is mainly pale with a banded proboscis.[3] Palps black, proboscis black but with a narrow white band. Scutal integument brown with narrow brown and bronze scales. Scutellum and pronotum pale. Abdominal tergites are black with straight, creamy basal banding, sternites are pale. Tibiae are mainly dark, femora somewhat mottled, and tarsi basally banded. Wings dark.[3]
References
- ↑ Edwards, F. W. (1921). "Mosquito Notes.—II". Bulletin of Entomological Research 12: 69–80 [77]. doi:10.1017/S0007485300044874. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10892191.
- ↑ "Culex (Culex) crinicauda Edwards, 1921". https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/53b258d5-8c79-4656-8370-1b58f29a69d4.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Liehne, Peter (1991). An Atlas of the Mosquitoes of Western Australia. Health Dept. of WA. pp. 225–226. ISBN 0730946355.
Wikidata ☰ Q13854430 entry
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