Culex nigripalpus is involved in the transmission of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (Mendez et al., 2001), St.
When it rains, they soar--and that makes
Culex nigripalpus a dangerous mosquito.Am Entomol.
Culex nigripalpus Culex quinquefasciatus Culex salinarius Culiseta inornata Deinocerites mathesoni Mansonia titillans Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis Uranotaenia spp.
Blood feeding and oviposition by
Culex nigripalpus (Diptera: Culicidae) before, during, and after a widespread St.
Culex nigripalpus from the Dominican Republic (GenBank Accession no.
However, LC50- LC90 range 0.04 - 0.107 ppm to Bactimos(r) for
Culex nigripalpus (Ali et al., 1984) comparable to our data 0.048- 0.12 ppm for Cx.
(1999) tested Vectobac[R] against larvae of
Culex nigripalpus (Theobald, 1901) and found 0.131 and 0.208 ppm for [LC.sub.50] and [LC.sub.90], respectively; for larvae of Aedes taenorhynchus (Wiedemann, 1821), LC50 and LC90 were respectively 0.208 and 0.374 ppm.
pipiens and Culex quinquefasciatus), Culex tarsalis, Culex stigmatosoma, Culex salinarius,
Culex nigripalpus, and Culex restuans have been implicated as urban vectors of WNV (Hayes et al.
Temporal and geographic variation in
Culex nigripalpus Theobald (Culicidae: Diptera), a vector of St.
Image from an electron microscope of a nucleus in
Culex nigripalpus infected with a baculovirus.
These species are Aedes atlanticus, Aedes mitchellae, Aedes sollicitans, Aedes taeniorhynchus, Coquillettidia perturbans, and
Culex nigripalpus. Despite extensive larval and adult collection efforts during 1996 to 1998, no specimens of these six species were found.
Aedes taeniorhynchus and
Culex nigripalpus were the predominant mosquito species in the area.