| Culex quinquefasciatus
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Diptera
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| Family:
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Culicidae
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| Genus:
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Culex
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| Species:
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C. quinquefasciatus
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| Binomial name
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Culex quinquefasciatus
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| Synonyms
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- Culex acer Walker, 1848
- Culex aestuans Wiedemann, 1828
- Culex aikenii Dyar & Knab, 1908
- Culex albolineatus Giles, 1901
- Culex anxifer Bigot, 1859
- Culex aseyehae Dyar & Knab, 1915
- Culex autumnalis Weyenbergh, 1882
- Culex barbarus Dyar & Knab, 1906
- Culex cartroni Ventrillon, 1905
- Culex christophersii Theobald, 1907
- Culex cingulatus Doleschall, 1856
- Culex cubensis Bigot, 1857
- Culex didieri Neveu-Lemaire, 1906
- Culex fatigans Wiedemann, 1828
- Culex fouchowensis Theobald, 1901
- Culex hensemaeon Dyar, 1920
- Culex luteoannulatus Theobald, 1901
- Culex macleayi Skuse, 1889
- Culex minor Theobald, 1908
- Culex nigrirostris Enderlein, 1920
- Culex pallidocephala Theobald, 1904
- Culex penafieli Sanchez, 1885
- Culex pungens Wiedemann, 1828
- Culex pygmaeus Neveu-Lemaire, 1906
- Culex quasilinealis Theobald, 1907
- Culex quasipipiens Theobald, 1901
- Culex raymondii Tamayo, 1907
- Culex reesi Theobald, 1901
- Culex revocator Dyar & Knab, 1909
- Culex sericeus Theobald, 1901
- Culex serotinus Philippi, 1865
- Culex skusii Giles, 1900
- Culex trillineatus Theobald, 1901
- Culex zeltneri Neveu-Lemaire, 1906
- Culicelsa fuscus Taylor, 1914
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Culex quinquefasciatus (originally named Culex fatigans), commonly known as the southern house mosquito, is a medium-sized mosquito found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is a vector of Wuchereria bancrofti, avian malaria, and arboviruses including St. Louis encephalitis virus, Western equine encephalitis virus, Zika virus and West Nile virus. It is taxonomically regarded as a member of the Culex pipiens species complex. Its genome was sequenced in 2010, and was shown to have 18,883 protein-coding genes.