Culex quinquefasciatus

Culex quinquefasciatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Culex
Species:	C. quinquefasciatus
Binomial name
	Culex quinquefasciatus; Say, 1823
Synonyms
	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;

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.