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Culex perfuscus
Culex perfuscus is the only Culex species mosquito currently implicated as a possible vector of Zika virus. The species type was described in 1914 from Port Herald, Nyasaland by entomologist Frederick Wallace Edwards.
From the article Culex perfuscus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In medicine
Zika virus has been detected in Culex perfuscus, although at a very low level, and no ability to transmit it was documented.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Medical importance”
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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 660442.