Biology:Culex sinensis

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Short description: Species of mosquito

Culex sinensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Culex
Species:
C. sinensis
Binomial name
Culex sinensis
Theobald, 1903
Synonyms
  • Culex sepositus Leicester, 1908
  • Culex tripunctatus Mochizuki, 1913
  • Taeniorhynchus tenax Leicester, 1908

Culex (Lophoceraomyia) sinensis is a species of mosquito belonging to the genus Culex. It is found in Australia , Bangladesh, Cambodia, China , Hong Kong, India , Indonesia, Japan , South Korea , Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea (Island); Papua New Guinea, Philippines , Russia , Sri Lanka,[1] Sudan and South Sudan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.[2][3] It is a possible vector of Wuchereria bancrofti.[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 sinensis Theobald, 1903". Catalogue of Life. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/d79ef0d45cce70a0e357f4fa94366682. Retrieved 4 February 2017. 
  3. "sinensis Theobald". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=18389. Retrieved 4 February 2017. 
  4. Ghosh, SM; Hati, AK. "CULEX SINENSIS THEO. A POSSIBLE VECTOR OF WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI IN CALCUTTA.". Bull Calcutta Sch Trop Med. 11: 146–7. PMID 14120856. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13854539 entry