Biology:Culex spathifurca
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Short description: Species of mosquito
| Culex spathifurca | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Culex |
| Species: | C. spathifurca
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| Binomial name | |
| Culex spathifurca (Edwards, 1915)
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Culex (Culiciomyia) spathifurca is a species of mosquito belonging to the genus Culex. It is found in Cambodia, India , Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Borneo, Java, Philippines , Philippines , Singapore, Sri Lanka,[1] Irian Jaya, Maluku, and Thailand.[2][3] This mosquito shows unique male terminalia with bifurcate gonostylus, which can used to differentiate it from other species. Larva and pupa can be found in tree holes associated with mangrove ecosystems.[4] It is a potential vector of Wuchereria bancrofti, but human bitings are very rare.[5]
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Species Details : Culex spathifurca (Edwards, 1915)". Catalogue of Life. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/c1b818f94e67a7efc7361a942766a35d.
- ↑ "spathifurca (Edwards)". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=17378.
- ↑ "OCCURRENCE OF CULEX (CULICIOMYIA) SPATHIFURCA (EDWARDS) (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) IN INDIA-NEW COUNTRY RECORD". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/content/part/JAMCA/JAMCA_V14_N3_P346-347.pdf.
- ↑ "A Note on Culex (Culiciomyia) spathi-furca Edwards.". Tropical and Geographical Medicine. https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19622900527.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13854985 entry
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