Family Culicidae Rank Species | Genus Culex Order Fly | |
Similar Culex, Culex annulirostris, Fly, Culex tritaeniorhynchus, Lutzia | ||
Culex sitiens is an insect native to coastal areas of East Africa and Madagascar, southwestern Asia, Ryukyu Archipelago, Korea, northern Australia and South Pacific islands.
There is evidence it is a vector for Japanese encephalitis, as well as the roundworm Brugia malayi in Thailand.
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