Culiseta incidens

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Culiseta incidens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Culiseta
Species:
C. incidens
Binomial name
Culiseta incidens
(Thomson, 1869)
Synonyms [1]
  • Culex incidens Thomson, 1869

Culiseta incidens, the cool weather mosquito, is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae. [1] [2] [3]

This species is found along the western coast of Canada and the United States, from the Pacific Coast, from the Alaskan panhandle to the Mexican border. The eastern range is Saskatchewan to northwestern Texas. [3] Specimens have been collected in Southern California. [4] [5]


References

  1. 1 2 "Culiseta incidens Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Culiseta incidens". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Sandhu TS, Williams GW, Haynes BW, Dhillon MS. Population dynamics of blood-fed female mosquitoes and comparative efficacy of resting boxes in collecting them from the northwestern part of Riverside County, California. J Global Infect Dis [serial online] 2013 [cited 2013 Oct 22];5:15-8.
  4. Sandhu TS, Williams GA, Haynes BW, Dhillon MS. Evaluation of arboviral activity at Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District, Riverside County, California during 2008. Proc and Papers of the Mosq and Vector Control Assoc of Calif, vol 77, 2009. p. 108-15.