Culex pseudovishnui explained

Culex (Culex) pseudovishnui is a species complex of mosquito belonging to the Culex vishnui group of the genus Culex. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Nepal, New Guinea (Island); Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka,^[1] Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam.^{[2] [3]} It is a major vector of West Nile virus,^[4] and Japanese encephalitis virus^[5]

External links

• 10.1007/BF03179617 . Biosystematics of Culex vishnui and Culex pseudovishnui based on ecobehavioural pattern . 1987 . Hati . A. K. . Bhattacharya . S. . Proceedings: Animal Sciences . 96 . 5 . 629–636 . 85043126 .
• Ecology of four potential culex vectors - NSF DL
• The Systematics of Culex vishnui Complex in Southeast Asia
• Semiochemicals of Culex pseudovishnui
• Identification of Culex sp. (Adult)
• 1660033 . 1991 . Mourya . D. T. . Mishra . A. C. . Soman . R. S. . Transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus in Culex pseudovishnui & C. Tritaeniorhynchus mosquitoes . The Indian Journal of Medical Research . 93 . 250–252 .
• 2269503 . 1990 . Naik . P. S. . Ilkal . M. A. . Pant . U. . Kulkarni . S. M. . Dhanda . V. . Isolation of Japanese encephalitis virus from Culex pseudovishnui Colless, 1957 (Diptera: Culicidae) in Goa . The Indian Journal of Medical Research . 91 . 331–333 .

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. Web site: Species Details : Culex pseudovishnui Colless, 1957 . Catalogue of Life . 4 February 2017.
3. Web site: Pseudovishnui Colless . Systematic Catalog of Culicidae . 4 February 2017.
4. Antigen distribution pattern of West Nile virus in Culex tritaeniorhynchus, Culex vishnui and Culex pseudovishnui mosquitoes . Journal of Communicable Diseases . 12206036 . 33 . 3 . 174–9 . Mishra . AC . Jadi . RS . Paramasivan . R . Mourya . DT. 2001 .
5. Transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus in Culex pseudovishnui & C. tritaeniorhynchus mosquitoes . Indian Journal of Medical Research . 1660033 . 93 . 250–2 . Mourya . DT . Mishra . AC . Soman . RS. 1991 .