Culex quinquefasciatus

species of mosquito
Taxon taxon Q3007100
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Culex quinquefasciatus

Summary

Culex quinquefasciatus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (326 views/month, #1,572 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Culex quinquefasciatus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Culex quinquefasciatus is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Culex quinquefasciatus is classified within Culex[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Culex quinquefasciatus is Culex quinquefasciatus[6].
  • Culex quinquefasciatus's Commons category is recorded as Culex quinquefasciatus[7].
  • Culex quinquefasciatus's Commons gallery is recorded as Culex quinquefasciatus[8].
  • Culex quinquefasciatus's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. quinquefasciatus'}[9].
  • Culex quinquefasciatus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Southern House Mosquito'}[10].
  • Culex quinquefasciatus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '열대집모기'}[11].
  • Culex quinquefasciatus's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[12].
  • Culex quinquefasciatus's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[13].
  • Culex quinquefasciatus's taxon author citation is recorded as Say, 1823[14].
  • Culex quinquefasciatus's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Culex_quinquefasciatus[15].
  • Culex quinquefasciatus's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://metazoa.ensembl.org/Culex_quinquefasciatus[16].

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Classification

Culex quinquefasciatus's scientific name is Culex quinquefasciatus[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Culex[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Southern House Mosquito'}[10] and {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '열대집모기'}[11].

Identifiers

Culex quinquefasciatus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 155309[17]. Culex quinquefasciatus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7176[18]. Culex quinquefasciatus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 740670[19]. Culex quinquefasciatus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1652950[20]. Culex quinquefasciatus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 126490[21].

Why It Matters

Culex quinquefasciatus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (326 views/month, #1,572 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] . DNA Zoo. wikidata.org.
  19. [16] . Ensembl Genomes. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Culex
    On focus list of wikimedia project WikiProject Zika Corpus
    Instance of taxon
    Taxon rank species
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