Biology:Culex elegans
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Short description: Species of fly
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| Species: | C. elegans
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| Culex elegans Ficalbi, 1889[1]
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Culex elegans is a species of mosquitoes in the subfamily Culicinae. Insectoid.info treats the name as a separated species, whereas Encyclopedia of Life lists it as a synonym for Aedes aegypti. Ian Macdonald described it in 1899 as not associated with malaria.[2]
It is described from Italy and Spain.
References
- ↑ Notizie preventive sulle zanzare Italiane. V. Nota preventiva (1) Descrizione di una specie nuova. Zanzara elegante, Culex elegans, n. sp. Ficalbi, Eugenio (1889), Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. XXI, pages 95–100
- ↑ MacDonald, I (1899). "Mosquitos in Relation to Malaria". British Medical Journal 2 (2020): 699. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.2020.699. PMID 20758666.
External links
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- Culex elegans at Encyclopedia of Life
- Culex elegans at insectoid.info
Wikidata ☰ Q30326278 entry
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