Culex sitiens Wiedemann, 1828 is a animal in the Culicidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Culex sitiens Wiedemann, 1828
Culex sitiens is a coastal native insect proven to be a vector for Japanese encephalitis and Brugia malayi in Thailand.
Culex sitiens (Wiedemann, 1828) is an insect species that is native to coastal regions of East Africa and Madagascar, southwestern Asia, the Ryukyu Archipelago, Korea, northern Australia, and South Pacific islands. Evidence confirms that this species acts as a vector for Japanese encephalitis, and also for the roundworm Brugia malayi in Thailand.
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Aedes caspius (Pallas, 1771)
Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894)
Toxorhynchites speciosus (Skuse, 1889)
Aedes atlanticus Dyar & Knab, 1906
Aedes geniculatus (Olivier, 1791)
Aedes dorsalis (Meigen, 1830)
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