| Culex fuscanus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Culicoidea |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Subfamily: | Culicinae |
| Genus: | Culex |
| Species: | Culex fuscanus Wiedemann, 1820 |
Culex (Lutzia) fuscanus is a species of mosquito belonging to the genus Culex. It is found in China, India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka They are natural predators of disease causing mosquito larva such as Aedes aegypti, Anopheles subpictus, and Culex tritaeniorhynchus.
References
- "Invasion of the predatory mosquito Culex (Lutzia) fuscanus in the western desert parts of Rajasthan, India". National Institute of Malaria Research. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- "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 3 February 2017.
- "Species Details : Culex bahri (Edwards, 1914)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- Surendran, SN; Jude, PJ; Thavaranjit, AC; Eswaramohan, T; Vinobaba, M; Ramasamy, R (2013). "Predatory efficacy of Culex (Lutzia) fuscanus on mosquito vectors of human diseases in Sri Lanka". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 29 (2): 168–70. doi:10.2987/12-6321R.1. PMID 23923332. S2CID 760413.
External links
- Prey and Feeding Behavior of Larval Culex (Lutzia) fuscanus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Shantou, Guangdong Province, China
- Anopheles indefinitus and Culex fuscanus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Saipan.
- Culex fuscanus (mosquito)
- A microsporidium of the predacious mosquito Culex fuscanus
| Taxon identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Culex fuscanus | |