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Culex
Culex is a genus of mosquitoes, several species of which serve as vectors of one or more important diseases of birds, humans and other animals. The diseases they vector include arbovirus infections such as West Nile virus, Japanese encephalitis, or St. Louis encephalitis, but also filariasis, and avian malaria. They occur worldwide except for the extreme northern parts of the temperate zone, and are the most common form of mosquito encountered in some major US cities...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Culex
subgenusCulex
Melanoconion
subgenusMelanoconion
Neoculex
subgenusNeoculex
Lophoceraomyia
subgenusLophoceraomyia
Culiciomyia
subgenusCuliciomyia
Oculeomyia
subgenusOculeomyia
Barraudius
subgenusBarraudius
Culex lactator
speciesCulex lactator
Maillotia
subgenusMaillotia
Culex fuscanus
speciesCulex fuscanus
Culex perexiguus
speciesCulex perexiguus
Culex antillummagnorum
speciesCulex antillummagnorum
Culex halifaxii
speciesCulex halifaxii
Culex insignis
speciesCulex insignis
Culex corniger
speciesCulex corniger
Culex annulus
speciesCulex annulus
Culex erethyzonfer
speciesCulex erethyzonfer
Culex dubitans
speciesCulex dubitans
Culex infantulus
speciesCulex infantulus
Culex richei
speciesCulex richei
Culex bicornutus
speciesCulex bicornutus
Culex peytoni
speciesCulex peytoni
Culex minor
speciesCulex minor
Culex bihaicola
speciesCulex bihaicola
Culex allostigma
speciesCulex allostigma
Culex bigoti
speciesCulex bigoti
Culex pleuristriatus
speciesCulex pleuristriatus
Culex horridus
speciesCulex horridus
Culex rima
speciesCulex rima
Predaceous House Mosquito
speciesCulex tigripes
Culex biscaynensis
speciesCulex biscaynensis
Culex vinckei
speciesCulex vinckei
Culex tenuipalpis
speciesCulex tenuipalpis
Culex whitei
speciesCulex whitei
Culex macrostulys
speciesCulex macrostulys
Culex decens
speciesCulex decens
Culex malariager
speciesCulex malariager
Tinolestes
subgenusTinolestes
Culex campilunati
speciesCulex campilunati
Culex lasiopalpis
speciesCulex lasiopalpis
Culex wardi
speciesCulex wardi
Culex sinaiticus
speciesCulex sinaiticus
Culex adairi
speciesCulex adairi
Anoedioporpa
subgenusAnoedioporpa
Belkinomyia
subgenusBelkinomyia
Carrollia
subgenusCarrollia
Acalleomyia
subgenusAcalleomyia
Acallyntrum
subgenusAcallyntrum
Aedinus
subgenusAedinus
Afroculex
subgenusAfroculex
Allimanta
subgenusAllimanta
Culex chryselatus
speciesCulex chryselatus
Culex rubinotus
speciesCulex rubinotus
Culex stonei
speciesCulex stonei
Culex bonneae
speciesCulex bonneae
Culex schicki
speciesCulex schicki
Culex latisquama
speciesCulex latisquama
Culex sandrae
speciesCulex sandrae
Culex jalisco
speciesCulex jalisco
Culex rejector
speciesCulex rejector
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 130033.