Culex
See also: culex
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Latin culex (“midge, gnat”); named by Linnaeus.
Proper noun
editCulex 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
edit- (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
edit- (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.)
- (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
editReferences
edit- (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