- Culex pipiens
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Culex pipiens 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Culicidae Genus: Culex Subgenus: Neoculex Species: C. pipiens Binomial name Culex pipiens
Linnaeus, 1758Culex 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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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, Montenegro.[1][2]
Description
Body length varies from 3 to 7 milimeters.
Ecology
Females feed on blood, especially on humans, and males on pollen, nectar, and the juice of plants.
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.
Categories:- Culicidae
- Animals described in 1758
- Diptera of Europe
- Diptera of Asia
- Insects of Africa
- Diptera of North America
- Diptera of South America
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