Culex perfuscus
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| Culex perfuscus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Culex |
| Species: | C. perfuscus |
| Binomial name | |
| Culex perfuscus Edwards, 1914 | |
Culex perfuscus is the only Culex species mosquito currently implicated as a possible vector of Zika virus.[1] The species type was described in 1914 from Port Herald, Nyasaland by entomologist Frederick Wallace Edwards.[2][3]
