Culiseta melanura

Culiseta melanura
Culiseta melanura, Oklahoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Culiseta
Species:	C. melanura
Binomial name
Culiseta melanura (Coquillett, 1902)
Synonyms [1]
Culex melanurus Coquillett, 1902

Culiseta melanura, the black-tailed mosquito, is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae. It is found mainly in the eastern and central United States.

Adult female C. melanura primarily take their blood meals from birds and are responsible for transmitting the eastern equine encephalitis virus between birds. Mammals can also become infected with the virus when other genera of mosquito, such as Aedes , Coquillettidia , and Culex, take blood meals first from infected birds and then from mammals, causing transfer of the virus.

Parasites

C. melanura is a vector of Eastern equine encephalitis virus. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Scott & Lorez 1998 find EEEV vector infection is not benign, reducing C. melanura lifespan. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

1. "Culiseta melanura Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. Kuno, Goro; Chang, Gwong-Jen J. (2005). "Biological Transmission of Arboviruses: Reexamination of and New Insights into Components, Mechanisms, and Unique Traits as Well as Their Evolutionary Trends". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 18 (4). American Society for Microbiology: 608–637. doi: 10.1128/cmr.18.4.608-637.2005 . ISSN   0893-8512. PMC   1265912 . PMID   16223950. S2CID   2977879.
3. Lefèvre, Thierry; Thomas, Frédéric (2008). "Behind the scene, something else is pulling the strings: Emphasizing parasitic manipulation in vector-borne diseases" (PDF). Infection, Genetics and Evolution . 8 (4). Elsevier: 504–519. Bibcode:2008InfGE...8..504L. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2007.05.008. ISSN   1567-1348. PMID   17588825. S2CID   5933503.
4. Kramer, Laura D.; Ciota, Alexander T. (2015). "Dissecting vectorial capacity for mosquito-borne viruses". Current Opinion in Virology . 15. Elsevier: 112–118. doi:10.1016/j.coviro.2015.10.003. ISSN   1879-6257. PMC   4688158 . PMID   26569343. S2CID   206992077.