Culex quinquefasciatus
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Name (Latin)
Culex quinquefasciatus
Other forms of name
Culex fatigans
Southern house mosquito
Tropical house mosquito
See Also From tracing topical name
Culex
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q3007100
Library of congress:
sh 85034705
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Culex quinquefasciatus E-A-Goeldi 1905
Own scan, slightly modified. Original by Emil August Goeldi (1859 - 1917)., Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Culex quinquefasciatus (originally named Culex fatigans), commonly known as the southern house mosquito, is a medium-sized mosquito found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is a vector of Wuchereria bancrofti, avian malaria, and arboviruses including St. Louis encephalitis virus, Western equine encephalitis virus, Zika virus and West Nile virus. It is taxonomically regarded as a member of the Culex pipiens species complex. Its genome was sequenced in 2010, and was shown to have 18,883 protein-coding genes.
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