Culex Linnaeus, 1758
(a genus of mosquitoes)

Culex (a genus of mosquitoes) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Culex (a genus of mosquitoes) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
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references
Culex pipiens agg.
a group of closely similar mosquitoes
Species aggregate 1 subtaxa 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCulex (a genus of mosquitoes)
FamilyCULICIDAE (mosquitoes, gnats)
SuperfamilyCULICOIDEA (mosquitoes, gnats, meniscus & phantom midges)
InfraorderCulicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Culex (a genus of mosquitoes)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Eutaxa - electronic keys & reference collections www.eutaxa.com
Harbach, R.E. 1988 The mosquitoes of the subgenus Culex in southwestern Asia and Egypt (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute Vol 24 (1).

Culex (a genus of mosquitoes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Culex (a genus of mosquitoes):

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