| Culex thriambus | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Culex |
| Species: | C. thriambus
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| Binomial name | |
| Culex thriambus
Dyar, 1921
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Culex thriambus is a mosquito species that appears in the southwestern United States, including Southern California, Texas, [1] as well as in Mexico. [2] It is a confirmed vector of West Nile virus. [3] [4] The majority of host species the mosquito takes blood from are in the order Passeriformes. [5]
References
- ^ Sames, William J. IV; Kirkscey, Eleanor O.; Dunton, Raymond F.; Bolling, Bethany G.; Wild, Alexander L. (15 April 2021). "County-Level Records for Culex stigmatosoma and Culex thriambus in Texas". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 37 (1): 28–33. doi: 10.2987/20-6982. ISSN 8756-971X. PMID 33857317. S2CID 233257618. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Baak-Baak, CM; Arana-Guardia, R; Cigarroa-Toledo, N; Puc-Tinal, M; Coba-Tún, C; Rivero-Osorno, V; Lavalle-Kantun, D; Loroño-Pino, MA; Machain-Williams, C; Reyes-Solis, GC; Beaty, BJ; Eisen, L; García-Rejón, JE (June 2014). "Urban Mosquito Fauna in Mérida City, México: Immatures Collected from Containers and Storm-water Drains/Catch Basins". Southwestern Entomologist. 39 (2): 291–306. doi: 10.3958/059.039.0207. PMC 4241551. PMID 25429168.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nelms, Brittany M.; Thiemann, Tara C.; Bridges, Danielle N.; Williams, Alan E.; Koschik, Michelle L.; Ryan, Bonnie M.; Scott, Jamesina J. (November 2016). "Bionomics and Vector Potential of Culex thriambus (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquitoes in Lake County, California". Journal of Medical Entomology. 53 (6): 1473–1481. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjw123. PMC 5106824. PMID 27493251. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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