Coquillettidia crassipes
Species of insect
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Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) crassipes is a species complex of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Coquillettidia.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Coquillettidia |
| Subgenus: | Coquillettidia |
| Species: | C. crassipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Coquillettidia crassipes (Wulp, 1881) | |
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Distribution
It has a wide range of distribution from west to east. It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mariana Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea (Island); Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Ryukyu, Irian Jaya, and Maluku.[3][4]
Description
Parasites
Niles et al 1965 finds C. crassipes to be a natural vector of Plasmodium gallinaceum.[1] It also vectors various other avian malaria organisms in Africa.[6]