Coquillettidia crassipes explained

Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) crassipes is a species complex of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Coquillettidia.

Distribution

It has a wide range of distribution from west to east. It is found in Sri Lanka,^[1] Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mariana Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea (Island); Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Ryukyu, Irian Jaya, and Maluku.^{[2] [3]}

Description

Female with brownish antenna, maxillary palpus, clypeus, and proboscis with violet sheen. Scutum yellowish, with narrow golden scales. Wings with narrow dark scales of purple reflections. Femora yellowish at base and purplish on apical parts. Male has maxillary palpus longer than proboscis.^[4]

Parasites

Niles et al 1965 finds C. crassipes to be a natural vector of Plasmodium gallinaceum. It also vectors various other avian malaria organisms in Africa.^[5]

Medical importance

It is a secondary vector of Brugian filariasis,^[6] a host to Cardofilaria nilesi.^[7]

Further reading

• Niles . W.J. . Natural infection of Mansonia (Coquillettidia) crassipes with an unidentified Plasmodium . . Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (OUP) . 57 . 6 . 1963 . 0035-9203 . 10.1016/0035-9203(63)90090-7 . 489.

External links

• Laboratory colonization and life cycle of Coquillettidia crassipes in Malaysia.
• Field studies on the surveillance of Coquillettidia crassipes (Van der Wulp) and the isolation of a strain of Cardiofilaria in peninsular Malaysia.
• Coquillettidia Dyar, 1905 - Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory

Notes and References

1. Web site: An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka . Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka . 2 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 : Coquillettidia crassipes (Wulp, 1881) . Catalogue of Life . 2 February 2017.
3. Web site: Systematic Catalog of Culicidae - Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit - Coquillettidia crassipes . Systematic Catalog of Culicidae . 2 February 2017.
4. ON COQUILLETTIDIA CRASSIPES, A NEW RECORD FOR MACAU, WITH A KEY TO ADULTS OF THE SUBGENERA AND SPECIES GROUPS OF THE GENUS . Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association . 2 February 2017.
5. Coquillettidia (Culicidae, Diptera) mosquitoes are natural vectors of avian malaria in Africa . Malaria Journal . 8 . 193 . 10.1186/1475-2875-8-193 . 19664282 . 3152766 . 2009. Njabo. Kevin Y.. Cornel . Anthony J. . Sehgal . Ravinder NM . Loiseau . Claire . Buermann . Wolfgang . Harrigan . Ryan J. . Pollinger . John . Valkiūnas . Gediminas . Smith . Thomas B. . free .
6. Field and laboratory observations on Coquillettidia crassipes in relation to transmission of Brugia malayi in Peninsular Malaysia . Ann Trop Med Parasitol . 2873797 . 80 . 1 . 117–21 . Chiang . GL . Samarawickrema . WA . Mak . JW . Cheong . WH . Sulaiman . I . Yap . HH . 10.1080/00034983.1986.11811989. 1986 .
7. Book: Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates: Their Development and Transmission . Google E-book . 2 February 2017. 9780851997865 . 2000-02-08 .