Culex sitiens
| Culex sitiens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Culex |
| Subgenus: | Culex |
| Species: | Cx. sitiens |
| Binomial name | |
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Culex sitiens Wiedemann, 1828 |
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Culex sitiens is an insect native to coastal areas of East Africa and Madagascar, southwestern Asia, Ryukyu Archipelago, Korea, northern Australia and South Pacific islands.
There is evidence it is a vector for Japanese encephalitis, as well as the roundworm Brugia malayi in Thailand.
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