Culex restuans

Culex restuans
	An adult Cx. restuans resting on a reflective surface.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Culex
Subgenus:	Culex
Species:	C. restuans
Binomial name
	Culex restuans; Theobald, 1901

Culex restuans is a species of mosquito known to occur in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and the Bahamas.[1][2] It is a disease vector for St. Louis encephalitis and West Nile virus.[3] In 2013 West Nile Virus positive specimens were collected in Southern California.[4][5]

Taxonomy

Culex restuans is considered part of the Pipiens group and the Restuans species complex.[6]

Control Methods

Entomophthoraceae family, fungus Species Erynia conica infects (and kills) mosquitos Aedes aegypti and Culex restuans. Attempts are being made to use it as a biological control for the insect.[7]

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 Theobald, 1901 | Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU)". www.wrbu.si.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
"Culex restuans". www.wrbu.org. The Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
Sandhu TS, Williams GW, Haynes BW, Dhillon MS. Population dynamics of blood-fed female mosquitoes and comparative efficacy of resting boxes in collecting them from the northwestern part of Riverside County, California. J Global Infect Dis [serial online] 2013 [cited 2013 Oct 22];5:15-8.
Sandhu TS, Williams GA, Haynes BW, Dhillon MS. Evaluation of arboviral activity at Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District, Riverside County, California during 2008. Proc and Papers of the Mosq and Vector Control Assoc of Calif, vol 77, 2009. p. 108-15.
Harbach, Ralph E. (2011-10-01). "Classification within the cosmopolitan genus Culex (Diptera: Culicidae): The foundation for molecular systematics and phylogenetic research". Acta Tropica. 120 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.06.005. ISSN 0001-706X.
Cuebas-Incle, E. L. (December 1992). "Infection of adult mosquitoes by the entomopathogenic fungus Erynia conica (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae)". J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 8 (4): 367–71. PMID 1474381.

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[Strickman88-1] 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.

[2] "Culex restuans Theobald, 1901 | Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU)". www.wrbu.si.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[wrbu-3] "Culex restuans". www.wrbu.org. The Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit. Retrieved 2018-11-24.

[4] Sandhu TS, Williams GW, Haynes BW, Dhillon MS. Population dynamics of blood-fed female mosquitoes and comparative efficacy of resting boxes in collecting them from the northwestern part of Riverside County, California. J Global Infect Dis [serial online] 2013 [cited 2013 Oct 22];5:15-8.

[5] Sandhu TS, Williams GA, Haynes BW, Dhillon MS. Evaluation of arboviral activity at Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District, Riverside County, California during 2008. Proc and Papers of the Mosq and Vector Control Assoc of Calif, vol 77, 2009. p. 108-15.

[6] Harbach, Ralph E. (2011-10-01). "Classification within the cosmopolitan genus Culex (Diptera: Culicidae): The foundation for molecular systematics and phylogenetic research". Acta Tropica. 120 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.06.005. ISSN 0001-706X.

[7] Cuebas-Incle, E. L. (December 1992). "Infection of adult mosquitoes by the entomopathogenic fungus Erynia conica (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae)". J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 8 (4): 367–71. PMID 1474381.