Culex pseudovishnui
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| Culex pseudovishnui | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Culex |
| Species: | C. pseudovishnui |
| Binomial name | |
| Culex pseudovishnui Colless, 1957 | |
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Culex (Culex) pseudovishnui is a species complex of mosquito belonging to the Culex vishnui group of the genus Culex. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Nepal, New Guinea (Island); Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka,[1] Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam.[2][3] It is a major vector of West Nile virus,[4] and Japanese encephalitis virus[5]