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Culex quinquefasciatus (earlier known as Culex fatigans), the southern house mosquito, is the vector of lymphatic filariasis caused by the nematode Wuchereria bancrofti in the tropics and subtropics. It also is a vector of avian malaria in birds.

Adults are all brown on the thorax and the dorsal abdomen is striped. For further details on the identification see: http://fmel.ifas.ufl.edu/key/genus/culex_quin.shtml

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1. (c) Sean McCann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadmike/54336040/
2. (c) Sean McCann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/deadmike/265023985/
3. (c) cydno, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by cydno, https://www.flickr.com/photos/27297453@N07/18167335009/
4. Own scan, slightly modified. Original by Emil August Goeldi (1859 - 1917)., no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Culex_quinquefasciatus_E-A-Goeldi_1905.jpg
5. Adapted by Durrell D. Kapan from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culex_quinquefasciatus

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