Mosquito

genus genus Culex
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Culex|
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Male Culex sp|
Scientific classification|
kingdom:| Animalia|
Phylum:| Arthropoda|
Class:| Insecta|
Order:| order Diptera|
Family:| Culicidae|
Genus:| Culex
Linnaeus, 1758|
Species|
C. annulirostris
C. antennatus
C. jenseni
C. pipiens
C. pusillus
C. quinquefasciatus
C. rajah
C. restuans
C. salinarius
C. tarsalis
C. territans
C. theileri
C. tritaeniorhynchus
many more|
Diversity|
1216 species|

Culex mosquito larvae

Culex quinquefasciatus, known vector of west Nile virus
Culex is a genus of mosquito, and is primary(prenominal) in that several species serve as vectors of important diseases, much(prenominal) as West Nile virus, filariasis, Japanese encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis and avian malaria.
The full-grown mosquito can measure from 410 millimetres (0.160.39 in), and morphologically has the trey body parts common to insects: head, thorax, and abdomen. As a fly, it has whizz pair of wings.
Scientists at the University of California, Davis and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), have determine nonanal as a compound that attracts Culex mosquitoes.



[1][2][3][4] Nonanal acts synergistically with carbon dioxide.[5]
Contents[hide] * 1 Etymology * 2 Life cycle * 3 Diversity * 4 Subgenera * 5 References * 6 External links|
[edit] Etymology
Carl Linnaeus used the Latin term for midge or gnat, culex, as the name of this taxon.[6]
[edit] Life cycle
The developmental cycle takes two weeks and is by complete metamorphosis. orchis argon laid singularly or in batches, depending on the species. Eggs will only hatch in the presence of water. During the immature stage the mosquito lives in water and leads on organic military issue and plants, then develops into a pupa. The pupa is comma-shaped and also lives in water. It does not feed and becomes an adult after one or two days.
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