Culex vishnui is a mosquito belonging to the Culicidae family. It is the most common vector (carrier) of the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Sarawak.[10]
| Culex vishnui | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Tribe: | Culicini |
| Genus: | Culex |
| Subgenus: | Culex |
| Species: | C. vishnui
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| Binomial name | |
| Culex vishnui Theobald, 1901
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| Synonyms | |
See also
editIdentification
editThe Culex vishnui Theobald mosquito species belongs to a sub-type that also includes two other carriers of the Japanese encephalitis virus - Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles and Culex pseudovishnui Colless.[11] Since the females of these different species are difficult to morphologically distinguish from one another, an rDNA based diagnostic PCR is used for identification.[11]
Morphological identification of multiple JEV carrier mosquitoes including Cx. vishnui are based on identifying specific features of the legs, abdomen, palpi, wings, proboscises, and tarsi.[12] The identification of Cx. vishnui is confirmed by verifying that the "anterior surface of hindfemur with pale stripe does not contrast with dark scaled area".[10]
References
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- ^ Philip, C. B. (1950), New North American Tabanidae (Diptera). Part II. Tabanidae [sic] [=Tabaninae]; III. Notes on Tabanus molestus and related horseflies with a prominent single row of triangles on the abdomen. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 43: 115-122; 240-248. [1950.04.24]
- ^ Riley, C. V. (1878), Chapter XI. Invertebrate enemies. Pp. 284-334. In U.S. Entomological Commission, Reports of the U.S. Entomological Commission. Vol. 1: First annual report for 1877, relating to the Rocky Mountain locust, 477 pp., 5 pls. + App. of 294 pp. Washington.
- ^ Wheeler, M. R. (1962), Drosophila melina, nom. nov. (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 64: 246. [1962.12.??]
- ^ Woodley, N. E. (1994), A new species of Xylophagus Meigen from Mexico, with a critique of Webb's phylogeny of the genus (Diptera: Xylophagidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 96: 308-313. [1994.05.12]
- ^ Savchenko, E. N. (1972), New palaearctic species of Limoniid-flies (Diptera, Limoniidae), 5. The genus Cheilotrichia Rossi. Dopov. Akad. Nauk ukr. RSR (B) (In Ukrainian). 1972: 560-562. [1972.??.??]
- ^ a b Reuben, R.; Tewari, S.C.; Hiriyan, J.; Akiyama, J. (1994). "Illustrated Keys to Species of Culex (CULEX) Associated with Japanese Encephalitis in Southeast Asia (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)" (PDF). Mosquito Systematics. 26 (2): 75–96. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03.
- ^ a b Toma, Takako; Miyagi, Ichiro; Crabtree, Mary B.; Miller, Barry R. (1 July 2000). "Identification of Culex vishnui Subgroup (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquitoes from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan: Development of a Species-Diagnostic Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Based on Sequence Variation in Ribosomal DNA Spacers". Journal of Medical Entomology. 37 (4): 554–558. doi:10.1603/0022-2585-37.4.554. PMID 10916296. S2CID 24427066.
- ^ Das, Bina Pani (2012). Mosquito Vectors of Japanese Encephalitis Virus from Northern India: Role of BPD hop cage method. New Delhi, Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht, London: Springer. ISBN 978-81-322-0860-0.
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