| Sabethes cyaneus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Sabethes |
| Subgenus: | Sabethes |
| Species: | S. cyaneus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sabethes cyaneus (Fabricius, 1805) | |
Sabethes (Sabethes) cyaneus is a species of mosquito that is native to Central America and South America. This species is a disease vector of Zika virus. Larvae are facultative predators that use their siphon to grab prey (often other mosquito larvae) while submerged.
References
- "Sabethes cyaneus (Fabricius 1805) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
- Guth, Sarah; Hanley, Kathryn A.; Althouse, Benjamin M.; Boots, Mike (13 August 2020). "Ecological processes underlying the emergence of novel enzootic cycles: Arboviruses in the neotropics as a case study". PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 14 (8): e0008338. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008338. PMC 7425862. PMID 32790670.
- Hancock, Robert G; Boyd, Taylor; MacFadden, Shannon; Sowders, Aaron; Foster, W A; Lounibos, L P (14 November 2022). "Mosquitoes Eating Mosquitoes: How Toxorhynchites amboinensis , Psorophora ciliata , and Sabethes cyaneus (Diptera: Culicidae) Capture Prey". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 115 (6): 461–471. doi:10.1093/aesa/saac017. PMC 9661258. PMID 36382104. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Sabethes cyaneus | |