Culex marksae
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| Culex marksae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Culex |
| Species: | C. marksae |
| Binomial name | |
| Culex marksae King and Hoogstraal, 1955 | |
Culex marksae is a species of mosquito in the subgenus Lophoceraomyia first circumscribed in 1955 by Willard V. King and Harry Hoogstraal.[1] The specific epithet honors Dr. Elizabeth N. Marks whose research and writings "added a great deal to the knowledge of Australasian Culicidae."[1]
C. marksae is small to medium-sized, the wings usually about 3.0 mm in length, the thorax deep brown to black, the abdominal tergites having dark scales, and wings and legs lacking prominent ornamentation.[2][1]