Kingdom Animalia Genus Culex Scientific name Culex rajah Higher classification Culex Order Fly | Family Culicidae Subgenus Culiciomyia Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Culex, Fly, Toxorhynchites rajah, Misumenops nepenthicola, Nepenthes × alisaputrana | ||
Culex rajah is a species of mosquito in the genus Culex. It is endemic to Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. C. rajah is placed in the subgenus Culiciomyia. In its larval stage, C. rajah is found exclusively in the pitchers of Nepenthes rajah (hence the name), a species of pitcher plant. As such, it is considered a nepenthebiont.
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