Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823

NATARAJAN, R., GOPALAKRISHNAN, S., SHRIRAM, A. N. & KUMAR, ASHWANI, 2024, Mosquitoes in crabholes: A hidden realm of culicid diversity in India, Zootaxa 5437 (3), pp. 397-412 : 402

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scientific name	Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say, 1823
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Distribution. Kerala: Wayanad District—Periya; Maharashtra: Vikhroli. Mangrove and non-mangrove.

Habitat dependence. Transient—Adults only. Larvae usually occur in various types of aquatic habitats with fresh, brackish, turbid, fowl and drainage water, and artificial containers. Females are strongly anthropophilic and vector filarial nematodes over wide areas of the world.

Reference. Rajavel et al. (2007).