Culex restuans
Culex restuans is a species of mosquito known to occur in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.[1] It is a disease vector of St. Louis encephalitis and West Nile virus.[2]
| Culex restuans | |
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| Larva | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Culex |
| Subgenus: | Culex |
| Species: | C. restuans |
| Binomial name | |
| Culex restuans Theobald, 1901 | |
References
- Strickman, D.; Darsie, R. F. Jr. (1988). "The previously undetected presence of Culex restuans (Diptera: Culicidae) in Central america, with notes on identification". Mosquito Systematics. 20 (1): 21–27.
- "Culex restuans". www.wrbu.org. The Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
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