Author
- (Meigen)
- 1830b:241 (F; Culex)
- Berlin, Germany (MNHP)
Distribution
- Afghanistan, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belize, Bulgaria,
Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fiji, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kiribati, Laos, Libya, Malaysia, Marshall
Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of Myanmar (Burma), Netherlands,
Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Samoa,
Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga,
Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia (Serbia
and Montenegro), New Caledonia, Mariana Islands, Tuvalu, New Caledonia
(Loyalty Islands), New Zealand (Tokelau), France (Wallis Islands)
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Synonyms
- articulatus Rondani
- eruthrosops Theobald
- euochrus Howard, Dyar and Knab
- 1917:716 (F)
- Type-loc: Popcum, British Columbia, Canada (USNM)
- malariae Grassi
- 1898:168 (M; Culex)
- Type-loc: Italy (LU)
- minuta Theobald
- montcalmi Blanchard
- niger Theobald
- parvus Macquart
- sudanensis Theobald
- sylvestris Theobald
- 1901a:406 (M*, F*; Culex)
- Type-loc: Rondeau Provincial Park, Kent Co., and Lake Simcoe, Ontario;
Stony Mt., Manitoba, Canada (BM)
Bionomics
- Immatures are found in unshaded fresh water flood pools in secondary
scrub, but have also been collected in ditches, swamps, rice fields,
and elephant foot prints. Habitats usually have little aquatic vegetation
or algae. Females are night biters and readily feed on man and cattle
(Reinert 1973).
Medical Importance
- Capable of transmitting Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE), Western
equine encephalitis virus (WEE), SLE, West Nile Virus (WNV) (Turell et
al. 2005:60). It is also a vector of dog heartworm (Reinert 1973).
Additional References
- Barraud 1934:253 (M*, F, L)
- Natvig 1948:412 (M*, F, L*)
- Penn 1949b:60 (P*)
- Darsie 1951:13 (P*)
- Carpenter and LaCasse 1955:263 (M*,
F*, L*)
- Muspratt 1955:169 (M*, F, L; tax.)
- Horsfall and Craig 1956:370 (E*)
- Price 1960:560 (lst stage L*)
- Hamon, Maffi, Grenier, Ouedraogo
and Djime 1966:373 (syn.)
- Horsfall, Voorhees and Cupp 1970:1713
(E*)
- Pao and Knight 1970:115 (L*)
- Belkin and Heinemann 1971:27 (n.
distr.)
- Aslamkhan 1971b:147 (distr.).
- Zharov 1973:11 (geogr. variation)
- Reinert 1973e:66 (M*, F*, P*, L*; world
distr.)
- Bickley 1976:234 (distr., Alaska)
- Utrio 1976:129,135 (L*)
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