Culex univittatus

Author

• Theobald
• 1901c:29 (M*,F*)
• Salisbury, Rhodesia (BM)

Distribution

• Burkina Faso, Bulgaria, Dahomey, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Madagascar, Niger, South Africa, ?Spain, Middle East, ?Yemen, Zimbabwe
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Synonyms

• simplex Theobald
  • 1903a:337 (F*; Heptaphlebomyia)
  • Type-loc: Salisbury, Mashonaland, [Southern Rhodesia] (BM)
• montforti Ventrillon
  • 1905a:448 (M*, F; Heptaphleobmyia)
  • Type-loc: Ankajobe, Madagascar (BM)
  • White 1975: 321 (lectotype desig.)
  • Townsend 1990:106 (type info.).
• goughii Theobald
  • 1911b:268 (syntype F* only)
  • Type-loc: Onderstepoort, Transvaal (BM)
  • White 1975:320 (tax.).

Bionomics

• Larvae are found in ground pools, marshy pools, barrow pits, stagnant drains and streams, canals and shallow wells. Females feed on birds and mammals other than man (Sirivanakarn 1976).

Medical Importance

• Vector of West Nile and Sindbis viruses (Sirivanakarn 1976).

Additional References

• Edwards 1941:306 (M*, F*), 419 (P)
• Hopkins 1952:291 (L*)
• Mattingly and Knight 1956:104 (tax.)
• Senevet, Andarelli, and Lieutaud 1957:52 (M*, tax.)
• Jupp 1970:9 (M*, tax.)
• Jupp 1971:339 (tax.)
• Jupp 1972:103 (M*; tax.)
• Gutsevich, Monchadsky and Stackelberg 1974:385 (M*, F, L*)
• White 1975:316,320 (tax.; lectotype desig.; distr.)
• Sirivanakarn 1976:48 (M*, F*, P ,L*;distr.)

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