Biology:Culiseta melanura

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Short description: Species of fly

Culiseta melanura
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Culiseta
Species:
C. melanura
Binomial name
Culiseta melanura
(Coquillett, 1902)
Synonyms[1]
  • Culex melanurus Coquillett, 1902

Culiseta melanura, the black-tailed mosquito, is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae. Adult female C. melanura primarily take their blood meals from birds and are responsible for transmitting the eastern equine encephalitis virus between birds. Mammals can also become infected with the virus when other genera of mosquito, such as Aedes, Coquillettidia, and Culex, take blood meals first from infected birds and then from mammals, causing transfer of the virus.

Parasites

C. melanura is a vector of Eastern equine encephalitis virus.[2][3][4] Scott & Lorez 1998 find EEEV vector infection is not benign, reducing C. melanura lifespan.[2][3][4]

References

  1. "Culiseta melanura Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=126443. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kuno, Goro; Chang, Gwong-Jen J. (2005). "Biological Transmission of Arboviruses: Reexamination of and New Insights into Components, Mechanisms, and Unique Traits as Well as Their Evolutionary Trends". Clinical Microbiology Reviews (American Society for Microbiology) 18 (4): 608–637. doi:10.1128/cmr.18.4.608-637.2005. ISSN 0893-8512. PMID 16223950. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Lefèvre, Thierry; Thomas, Frédéric (2008). "Behind the scene, something else is pulling the strings: Emphasizing parasitic manipulation in vector-borne diseases". Infection, Genetics and Evolution (Elsevier) 8 (4): 504–519. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2007.05.008. ISSN 1567-1348. PMID 17588825. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kramer, Laura D.; Ciota, Alexander T. (2015). "Dissecting vectorial capacity for mosquito-borne viruses". Current Opinion in Virology (Elsevier) 15: 112–118. doi:10.1016/j.coviro.2015.10.003. ISSN 1879-6257. PMID 26569343. 

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