Culex halifaxi explained

Culex (Lutzia) halifaxi is a species of mosquito belonging to the genus Culex. It is found in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka^[1]

The parasite Amblyospora trinus was discovered from this mosquito. It is found in Australia.^[2] Larvae are predatory and cannibalistic, they can be found in clear waters with grassy banks.^[3]

External links

• Culex halifaxi (mosquito)
• Ultrastructural characterization and comparative phylogenetic analysis of new microsporidia from Siberian mosquitoes: Evidence for coevolution and host switching

Notes and References

1. Web site: An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka . Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka . 4 February 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160625065751/http://thakshana.nsf.ac.lk/slstic/NA-81/NA_81.pdf . 25 June 2016 .
2. Amblyospora trinus N. sp. (Microsporida: Amblyosporidae) in the Australian mosquito Culex halifaxi (Diptera: Culicidae). . The Journal of Protozoology . 2086788 . 37 . 584–92 . Becnel . JJ . Sweeney . AW . 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1990.tb01270.x.
3. Web site: A Report on Material Obtained During a Mosquito Survey at Palmalmal, New Britain, July-October, 1945 . Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand . 4 February 2017.