Biology:Culex mimulus

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Short description: Species of mosquito

Culex mimulus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Culex
Species:
C. mimulus
Binomial name
Culex mimulus
Edwards, 1915
Synonyms
  • Culex confusus Baisas, 1938
  • Culex mossmani Taylor, 1915
  • Culex neomimulus Lien, 1968

Culex (Culex) mimulus is a species of mosquito belonging to the genus Culex. It is found in Australia , Bangladesh, Cambodia, China , Hong Kong, India , Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea (Island); Papua New Guinea, Pakistan , Philippines , Singapore, Sri Lanka,[1] Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam.[2][3] Larvae can be found from agro wells and adults are malaria vectors.[4]

References

  1. "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 4 February 2017. 
  2. "Species Details : Culex mimulus Edwards, 1915". Catalogue of Life. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/061a4fc726b0881288d3be5b7285b65f. Retrieved 4 February 2017. 
  3. "mimulus Edwards". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=16743. Retrieved 4 February 2017. 
  4. Fernando, AW; Jayakody, S; Wijenayake, HK; Galappaththy, GN; Yatawara, M; Harishchandra, J (2016). "Species composition and population dynamics of malaria vectors in three previously ignored aquatic systems in Sri Lanka.". Malar. J. 15 (1): 268. doi:10.1186/s12936-016-1316-4. PMID 27165184. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13855191 entry