Culex whitmorei

Culex (Culex) whitmorei is a species of mosquito belonging to the genus Culex. It is found in Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, New Guinea (Island); Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka,[1] Sudan and South Sudan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.[2][3]

Culex whitmorei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Culex
Species:
C. whitmorei
Binomial name
Culex whitmorei
(Giles, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Culex albus Leicester, 1908
  • Culex loricatus Leicester, 1908
  • Leucomyia plegepennis Theobald, 1907
  • Taeniorhynchus argenteus Ludlow, 1905

References
  1. "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. "Species Details : Culex whitmorei (Giles, 1904)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  3. "whitmorei (Giles)". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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