Culex
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Culex (Culex) pipiens
See also: culex
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin culex (“midge, gnat”); named by Linnaeus.
Proper noun
Culex m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae – certain mosquitoes, including several that transmit important diseases.
- A taxonomic subgenus within the family Culicidae – certain mosquitoes (Culex (Culex)).
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Diptera – order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Culicoidea - superfamily; Culicidae - family; Culicinae - subfamily; Culicini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Culex (Acalleomyia), Culex (Acallyntrum), Culex (Aedinus), Culex (Afroculex), Culex (Allimanta), Culex (Anoedioporpa), Culex (Barraudius), Culex (Belkinomyia), Culex (Carrollia), Culex (Culex), Culex (Culiciomyia), Culex (Eumelanomyia), Culex (Kitzmilleria), Culex (Lasiosiphon), Culex (Lophoceraomyia), Culex (Maillotia), Culex (Melanoconion), Culex (Micraedes), Culex (Microculex), Culex (Neoculex), Culex (Oculeomyia), Culex (Phenacomyia), Culex (Phytotelmatomyia), Culex (Sirivanakarnius), Culex (Thaiomyia), Culex (Tinolestes) - subgenera
- See
List of Culex species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (Listed by subgenus.)
- See
- (subgenus): C. (Culex) acharistus, C. (Culex) brumpti, C. (Culex) laticinctus, C. (Culex) mimeticus, C. (Culex) perexiguus, C. (Culex) pinaresis, C. (Culex) pipiens, C. (Culex) theileri, C. (Culex) torrentium, C. (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus (species)
Derived terms
References
- (genus):
- Culex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Culex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Culex on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Culex at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Culex at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Culex at Paleobiology Database
- (subgenus):
- Culex (Culex) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Culex at National Center for Biotechnology Information
