Culex pipiens
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Culex |
| Subgenus: | Neoculex |
| Species: | C. pipiens |
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| Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Culex pipiens (the common house mosquito) is a species of blood-feeding mosquito of the family Culicidae. It is a vector of some diseases, such as Japanese encephalitis, meningitis, urticaria. In the US, it can spread West Nile virus.
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[edit] Distribution
It occurs in the following countries: Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea (South), Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Serbia, the United States, Uruguay, and Montenegro.[1][2]
[edit] Description
Body length varies from three to seven milimeters.
[edit] Ecology
Females feed on blood, especially that of humans, and males on pollen, nectar, and the juice of plants.
[edit] References
- ^ Genus Culex Systematic Catalog of Culicidae
- ^ Kim, Heung Chul; WILKERSON, PECOR, LEE, LEE, O'GUINN, KLEIN (March 2005). "New Recordes and Reference Collection of Mosquitoes on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea". Entomological Research. 1 35: 55–66. http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/wr388.pdf. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
