Culex mimulus

Culex mimulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Culicoidea
Family: Culicidae
Subfamily: Culicinae
Genus: Culex
Species: 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,[1] Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam.[2][3] Larva can be found from agro wells and adults are malaria vectors.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. 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. "Species composition and population dynamics of malaria vectors in three previously ignored aquatic systems in Sri Lanka.". Malar J. 15: 268. PMC 4863324 Freely accessible. PMID 27165184. doi:10.1186/s12936-016-1316-4.
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