Culex fuscocephala
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| Species: | Culex fuscocephala Theobald, 1907
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Culex (Culex) fuscocephala is a species of mosquito belonging to the genus Culex. It is found in Indonesia, and Sri Lanka,[1] Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Guam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor, and Vietnam.[2][3] It is a vector of Japanese encephalitis virus.[4]
References
- ^ "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 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Species Details : Culex fuscocephala Theobald, 1907". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "fuscocephala Theobald". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ Muangman, D; Edelman, R; Sullivan, MJ; Gould, DJ. "Experimental transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus by Culex fuscocephala". Am J Trop Med Hyg. 21: 482–6. PMID 4340450.