Culex mimulus
Appearance
Culex mimulus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Culicidae |
Genus: | Culex |
Species: | C. mimulus
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Binomial name | |
Culex mimulus Edwards, 1915
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Culex (Culex) mimulus is a species of mosquito belonging to the genus Culex. It is found in Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea (Island); Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka,[1] Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam.[2][3] Larvae can be found from agro wells and adults are malaria vectors.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "Species Details : Culex mimulus Edwards, 1915". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "mimulus Edwards". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Fernando, AW; Jayakody, S; Wijenayake, HK; Galappaththy, GN; Yatawara, M; Harishchandra, J (2016). "Species composition and population dynamics of malaria vectors in three previously ignored aquatic systems in Sri Lanka". Malar. J. 15 (1): 268. doi:10.1186/s12936-016-1316-4. PMC 4863324. PMID 27165184.