Culex

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Culicoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Culicomorpha Superfamilia: Culicoidea

Familia: Culicidae
Subfamilia: Culicinae
Tribus: Culicini
Genus: Culex
Subgenera: C. (Acalleomyia) – C. (Acallyntrum) – C. (Aedinus) – C. (Afroculex) – C. (Allimanta) – C. (Anoedioporpa) – C. (Barraudius) – C. (Belkinomyia) – C. (Carrollia) – C. (Culex) – C. (Culiciomyia) – C. (Eumelanomyia) – C. (Kitzmilleria) – C. (Lasiosiphon) – C. (Lophoceraomyia) – C. (Maillotia) – C. (Melanoconion) – C. (Micraedes) – C. (Microculex) – C. (Neoculex) – C. (Oculeomyia) – C. (Phenacomyia) – C. (Phytotelmatomyia) – C. (Sirivanakarnius) – C. (Thaiomyia) – C. (Tinolestes)

Overview of species

C. apicopilosus – C. cyanopterus – C. lanzaroi – C. modestus – C. pseudosubaequalis – C. sangenglaoeusis –

Name

Culex Linnaeus, 1758

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Cornel, A., Mayi, M.P.A., Kowo, C., Foncha, D., Andongma, E., Anong, D., Elad, M., Djomo, C., Tchuinkam, T., Brisco, K. & Sehgal, R.N.M. 2020. New species of Culex (Culiciomyia) (Diptera: Culicidae) from Talangaye forest in Cameroon and descriptions and identification keys for males of the Afrotropical species of the subgenus. Zootaxa 4858(4): 451–506. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.4.1 Reference page.
Harbach, R.E. & Evenhuis, N.L. 2021. A case of two spellings for Humboldt’s blue-winged mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae). Zootaxa 4974(1): 191–192. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4974.1.10 full article pdf Reference page.
Simsaa, M.A.A., Harbach, R.E., Almalik, A.M.A., Ahmed, E.M., Eisa, A.A., Mohamed, A.H. & Azrag 2021. Culex mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) recorded along the Nile River in central and northern Sudan, with a key for the identification of all species of the genus known to occur in the country. Zootaxa 4963(3): 401–411. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4963.3.1 Reference page.
Dong Xue-Shu, Dong Li-Min, Zhou Hong-Ning, Wang Xue-Zhong & Lu Yong-Rong, 2003: Three new species of mosquitoes from Yunnan, China (Diptera: Culidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 46 (4): 519–532. Abstract: [1].
de Wolf, K., Vanderheyden, A., Deblauwe, I., Smitz, N., Gombeer, S., Vanslembrouck, A., Meganck, K., Dekoninck, W., de Meyer, M., Backeljau, T., Müller, R. & van Bortel, W. 2021. First record of the West Nile virus bridge vector Culex modestus Ficalbi (Diptera: Culicidae) in Belgium, validated by DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 4920(1): 131–139. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.1.7 full article pdf] Reference page.

Vernacular names

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