Culex sitiens
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| Culex sitiens | |
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| Subgenus: | Culex
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| Species: | Cx. sitiens
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| Culex sitiens Wiedemann, 1828
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Culex sitiens is an insect native to coastal areas of East Africa and Madagascar, southwestern Asia, Ryukyu Archipelago, Korea, northern Australia and South Pacific islands.[1]
There is evidence it is a vector for Japanese encephalitis, as well as the roundworm Brugia malayi in Thailand.[1]
References
- ^ a b Norbert Becker; Dusan Petric; Marija Zgomba; Clive Boase; Minoo Madon; Christine Dahl; Achim Kaiser (2010). Mosquitoes and Their Control. New York, New York: Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 366–67. ISBN 9783540928744.
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