Coquillettidia crassipes

Coquillettidia crassipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Superfamily:
Culicoidea
Family:
Culicidae
Subfamily:
Culicinae
Genus:
Coquillettidia
Species:
Coquillettidia crassipes

(Wulp, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Chrysoconops pygmaeus Theobald, 1908
  • Mansonia diaeretus Dyar, 1920
  • Taeniorhynchus brevicellulus Theobald, 1901
  • Mansonia crassipes[1]

Coquillettidia (Coquillettidia) crassipes is a species complex of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Coquillettidia.

Distribution

It has a wide range of distribution from west to east. It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mariana Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea (Island); Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Ryukyu, Irian Jaya, and Maluku.[3][4]

Description

Female with brownish antenna, maxillary palpus, clypeus, and proboscis with violet sheen. Scutum yellowish, with narrow golden scales. Wings with narrow dark scales of purple reflections. Femora yellowish at base and purplish on apical parts. Male has maxillary palpus longer than proboscis.[5]

Parasites

Niles et al 1965 finds C. crassipes to be a natural vector of Plasmodium gallinaceum.[1] It also vectors various other avian malaria organisms in Africa.[6]

Medical importance

It is a secondary vector of Brugian filariasis,[7] a host to Cardofilaria nilesi.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Santiago-Alarcon, Diego; Palinauskas, Vaidas; Schaefer, Hinrich Martin (2012-05-23). "Diptera vectors of avian Haemosporidian parasites: untangling parasite life cycles and their taxonomy". Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 87 (4). Cambridge Philosophical Society (Wiley): 928–964. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185x.2012.00234.x. ISSN 1464-7931. PMID 22616880. S2CID 22950198.
  2. ^ "An annotated checklist of mosquitoes of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Man and Biosphere Reserve of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Species Details : Coquillettidia crassipes (Wulp, 1881)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Systematic Catalog of Culicidae - Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit - Coquillettidia crassipes". Systematic Catalog of Culicidae. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  5. ^ "ON COQUILLETTIDIA CRASSIPES, A NEW RECORD FOR MACAU, WITH A KEY TO ADULTS OF THE SUBGENERA AND SPECIES GROUPS OF THE GENUS" (PDF). Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  6. ^ Njabo, Kevin Y.; Cornel, Anthony J.; Sehgal, Ravinder NM; Loiseau, Claire; Buermann, Wolfgang; Harrigan, Ryan J.; Pollinger, John; Valkiūnas, Gediminas; Smith, Thomas B. (2009). "Coquillettidia (Culicidae, Diptera) mosquitoes are natural vectors of avian malaria in Africa". Malaria Journal. 8: 193. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-193. PMC 3152766. PMID 19664282.
  7. ^ Chiang, GL; Samarawickrema, WA; Mak, JW; Cheong, WH; Sulaiman, I; Yap, HH (1986). "Field and laboratory observations on Coquillettidia crassipes in relation to transmission of Brugia malayi in Peninsular Malaysia". Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 80 (1): 117–21. doi:10.1080/00034983.1986.11811989. PMID 2873797.
  8. ^ Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates: Their Development and Transmission. Google E-book. 2000-02-08. ISBN 9780851997865. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

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