Culex sitiens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Culex
Species:
C. sitiens
Binomial name
Culex sitiens
Wiedemann, 1828

Culex sitiens is an insect native to coastal areas of East Africa and Madagascar, southwestern Asia, Ryukyu Archipelago, Korea, northern Australia and South Pacific islands.[1]

There is evidence it is a vector for Japanese encephalitis, as well as the roundworm Brugia malayi in Thailand.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Norbert Becker; Dusan Petric; Marija Zgomba; Clive Boase; Minoo Madon; Christine Dahl; Achim Kaiser (2010). Mosquitoes and Their Control. New York, New York: Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 366–67. ISBN 9783540928744.


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