Culex sitiens | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Culicidae |
Genus: | Culex |
Subgenus: | Culex |
Species: | Cx. sitiens |
Binomial name | |
Culex sitiens Wiedemann, 1828 |
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.