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Culex
Culex or typical mosquitoes are 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...
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
House Mosquito Complex
complexCulex pipiens
Western Encephalitis Mosquito
speciesCulex tarsalis
White-dotted Mosquito
speciesCulex restuans
Common Banded Mosquito
speciesCulex annulirostris
Culex sitiens
speciesCulex sitiens
Vigilant Mosquito
speciesCulex pervigilans
Florida SLE Mosquito
speciesCulex nigripalpus
Culex australicus
speciesCulex australicus
Unbanded Saltmarsh Mosquito
speciesCulex salinarius
Frosty Mosquito
speciesCulex gelidus
Culex coronator
speciesCulex coronator
Tule Mosquito
speciesCulex erythrothorax
Culex globocoxitus
speciesCulex globocoxitus
Banded Foul Water Mosquito
speciesCulex stigmatosoma
Culex tritaeniorhynchus
speciesCulex tritaeniorhynchus
Culex palpalis
speciesCulex palpalis
Culex orientalis
speciesCulex orientalis
Culex neavei
speciesCulex neavei
Culex vicinus
speciesCulex vicinus
Culex thriambus
speciesCulex thriambus
Culex mimulus
speciesCulex mimulus
Culex vagans
speciesCulex vagans
Culex edwardsi
speciesCulex edwardsi
Culex bahamensis
speciesCulex bahamensis
Culex trifilatus
speciesCulex trifilatus
Culex theileri
speciesCulex theileri
Culex pseudovishnui
speciesCulex pseudovishnui
Culex whitmorei
speciesCulex whitmorei
Culex mimeticus
speciesCulex mimeticus
Culex rotoruae
speciesCulex rotoruae
Culex declarator
speciesCulex declarator
Culex interrogator
speciesCulex interrogator
Culex usquatus
speciesCulex usquatus
Culex thalassius
speciesCulex thalassius
Culex pinarocampa
speciesCulex pinarocampa
Culex pseudostigmatosoma
speciesCulex pseudostigmatosoma
Culex fuscocephala
speciesCulex fuscocephala
Culex inflictus
speciesCulex inflictus
Culex ousqua
speciesCulex ousqua
Culex stenolepis
speciesCulex stenolepis
Culex bidens
speciesCulex bidens
Culex mollis
speciesCulex mollis
Culex camposi
speciesCulex camposi
Culex asteliae
speciesCulex asteliae
Culex chorleyi
speciesCulex chorleyi
Culex duttoni
speciesCulex duttoni
Culex guiarti
speciesCulex guiarti
Culex perfuscus
speciesCulex perfuscus
Culex terzii
speciesCulex terzii
Culex toroensis
speciesCulex toroensis
Culex trifoliatus
speciesCulex trifoliatus
Culex univittatus
speciesCulex univittatus
Culex habilitator
speciesCulex habilitator
Culex aquarius
speciesCulex aquarius
Culex vishnui
speciesCulex vishnui
Culex tsengi
speciesCulex tsengi
Culex huangae
speciesCulex huangae
Culex guizhouensis
speciesCulex guizhouensis
Culex antennatus
speciesCulex antennatus
Culex scheuberi
speciesCulex scheuberi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 1592976.