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Species of mosquito

Culex mimulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Culex
Species: C. mimulus
Binomial name
Culex mimulus
Edwards, 1915
Synonyms
  • Culex confusus Baisas, 1938
  • Culex mossmani Taylor, 1915
  • Culex neomimulus Lien, 1968

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, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam. Larvae can be found from agro wells and adults are malaria vectors.

References

  1. "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.
  2. "Species Details : Culex mimulus Edwards, 1915". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  3. "mimulus Edwards". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  4. 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.

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Taxon identifiers
Culex mimulus
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