Culex stigmatosoma

Culex stigmatosoma is a mosquito species that appears in Southern California, Oregon, and Texas.^[2] It is a confirmed vector of West Nile virus.^[3][4]

Culex stigmatosoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Culex
Species:	C. stigmatosoma
Binomial name
Culex stigmatosoma Dyar 1907[1]

References

1. Eldridge, Bruce F.; Harbach, Ralph E. (1 December 1989). "Culex stigmatosoma Dyar, 1907 and C. thriambus Dyar, 1921 (Insecta, Diptera): Proposed Conservation of the Specific Names by the Suppression of C. peus Speiser, 1904". WALTER REED BIOSYSTEMATICS UNIT WASHINGTON DC. Archived from the original on June 1, 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
2. Sames, William J. IV; Kirkscey, Eleanor O.; Dunton, Raymond F.; Bolling, Bethany G.; Wild, Alexander L. (15 April 2021). "County-Level Records for Culex stigmatosoma and Culex thriambus in Texas". Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 37 (1): 28–33. doi:10.2987/20-6982. ISSN 8756-971X. PMID 33857317. S2CID 233257618. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
3. Sandhu TS, Williams GW, Haynes BW, Dhillon MS. Population dynamics of blood-fed female mosquitoes and comparative efficacy of resting boxes in collecting them from the northwestern part of Riverside County, California. J Global Infect Dis [serial online] 2013 [cited 2013 Oct 22];5:15-8.
4. Sandhu TS, Williams GA, Haynes BW, Dhillon MS. Evaluation of arboviral activity at Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District, Riverside County, California during 2008. Proc and Papers of the Mosq and Vector Control Assoc of Calif, vol 77, 2009. p. 108-15.