A New Culex, Culex Vomerifer, From Panama (Dipt., Culicidæ)

Culex ( Culex) iyengari n. sp., a New Species of Mosquito (Diptera, Culicidae) from the South Pacific

THIS IS AMEMBER of the Culex pipiensseries of Edwards (1932:208) and of a rather welldefined subgroup of that series which may be termed the Culex trifilatlts subgroup. The species included in this subgro up share with Culex pipiens the strongly bent ventral arm of the male phallosome (Fig . 1v.a.) but differ from it in the more stron gly developed outer division of the dorsal arm, which is her...

RNA splicing in a new rhabdovirus from Culex mosquitoes.

Among members of the order Mononegavirales, RNA splicing events have been found only in the family Bornaviridae. Here, we report that a new rhabdovirus isolated from the mosquito Culex tritaeniorhynchus replicates in the nuclei of infected cells and requires RNA splicing for viral mRNA maturation. The virus, designated Culex tritaeniorhynchus rhabdovirus (CTRV), shares a similar genome organiza...

Genetic differences between Culex pipiens f. molestus and Culex pipiens pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) in New York.

The definition and phylogenetic placement of the autogenous molestus form of Culex pipiens has puzzled entomologists for decades. We identified genetic differences between Cx. p. pipiens (L.) and Cx. pipiens f. molestus Forskål in the SH60 fragment described previously. Single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis, cloning, and sequencing of this fragment demonstrated high polymorphism with...

First record of Culex (Culex) coronator in Louisiana, USA.

The 1st confirmed record of Culex coronator for Louisiana was made at Fort Polk, LA, from carbon dioxide-baited light trap and gravid trap collections performed from April to October 2004. In addition to the new record, 17 mosquito species in 5 genera (Aedes, Anopheles, Coquillettidia, Culex, and Psorophora) were collected. Collection-site and species distribution data are included.

Autogeny in Culex peus Speiser