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Species of fly

Culex vishnui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Tribe: Culicini
Genus: Culex
Subgenus: Culex
Species: C. vishnui
Binomial name
Culex vishnui
Theobald, 1901
Synonyms

Culex vishnui is a mosquito belonging to the Culicidae family. It is the most common vector (carrier) of the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Sarawak.

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Identification

The Culex vishnui Theobald mosquito species belongs to a sub-type that also includes two other carriers of the Japanese encephalitis virus - Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles and Culex pseudovishnui Colless. Since the females of these different species are difficult to morphologically distinguish from one another, an rDNA based diagnostic PCR is used for identification.

Morphological identification of multiple JEV carrier mosquitoes including Cx. vishnui are based on identifying specific features of the legs, abdomen, palpi, wings, proboscises, and tarsi. The identification of Cx. vishnui is confirmed by verifying that the "anterior surface of hindfemur with pale stripe does not contrast with dark scaled area".

References

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  8. Woodley, N. E. (1994), A new species of Xylophagus Meigen from Mexico, with a critique of Webb's phylogeny of the genus (Diptera: Xylophagidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 96: 308-313.
  9. Savchenko, E. N. (1972), New palaearctic species of Limoniid-flies (Diptera, Limoniidae), 5. The genus Cheilotrichia Rossi. Dopov. Akad. Nauk ukr. RSR (B) (In Ukrainian). 1972: 560-562.
  10. ^ Reuben, R.; Tewari, S.C.; Hiriyan, J.; Akiyama, J. (1994). "Illustrated Keys to Species of Culex (CULEX) Associated with Japanese Encephalitis in Southeast Asia (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)" (PDF). Mosquito Systematics. 26 (2): 75–96. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03.
  11. ^ Toma, Takako; Miyagi, Ichiro; Crabtree, Mary B.; Miller, Barry R. (1 July 2000). "Identification of Culex vishnui Subgroup (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquitoes from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan: Development of a Species-Diagnostic Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Based on Sequence Variation in Ribosomal DNA Spacers". Journal of Medical Entomology. 37 (4): 554–558. doi:10.1603/0022-2585-37.4.554. PMID 10916296. S2CID 24427066.
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Taxon identifiers
Culex vishnui


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