Biology:Culex fuscanus

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Culex fuscanus
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Culex fuscanus

Wiedemann, 1820

Culex (Lutzia) fuscanus is a species of mosquito belonging to the genus Culex. It is found in China , India ,[1] Indonesia and Sri Lanka[2][3] They are natural predators of disease causing mosquito larva such as Aedes aegypti, Anopheles subpictus, and Culex tritaeniorhynchus.[4]

References

  1. "Invasion of the predatory mosquito Culex (Lutzia) fuscanus in the western desert parts of Rajasthan, India". National Institute of Malaria Research. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236279001. Retrieved 3 February 2017. 
  2. "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka". Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160625065751/http://thakshana.nsf.ac.lk/slstic/NA-81/NA_81.pdf. Retrieved 3 February 2017. 
  3. "Species Details : Culex bahri (Edwards, 1914)". Catalogue of Life. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/ae6488d49067c36ff779b7a8aa642eb9. Retrieved 3 February 2017. 
  4. Surendran, SN; Jude, PJ; Thavaranjit, AC; Eswaramohan, T; Vinobaba, M; Ramasamy, R (2013). "Predatory efficacy of Culex (Lutzia) fuscanus on mosquito vectors of human diseases in Sri Lanka.". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 29 (2): 168–70. doi:10.2987/12-6321R.1. PMID 23923332. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q30590698 entry