the polygene chromosomal pattern together with the somatic and meiotic chromosomes of the autogenous tehran strain of culex pipiens molestus is described. the first and third chromosomes are metacentric, the second one is slightly submetacentric. each chromosome has well-defined, large puffed char­acteristic centromeres. randomly distributed asynaptic regions on the polytens chromosomes are ind...

Mosquitoes of the Culex pipiens Linné, 1758 complex are distributed all over the world, and are of great medical and veterinary importance. They are active bloodsuckers primarily in urban environments, and serve as vectors of various pathogens infecting man and/or animals. This complex is characterized by a high ecological plasticity, and intricate taxonomic structure. The complex includes C. p...

This survey reports on the DNA identification and occurrence of Culex torrentium Cx. pipiens s.s. in Belgium. These native disease-vector mosquito species are morphologically difficult to separate, biotypes indistinguishable. were identified using COI ACE2 loci. We recorded 1248 401 specimens from 24 locations Belgium (collected between 2017 2019). molestus, their hybrids, differentiated fragme...

Mosquitoes of the Culex pipiens complex are important vectors of West Nile virus in the United States. We examined the genetic variations of Cx. pipiens mosquitoes from Chicago, Illinois that were determined to be principally ornithophilic but exhibited a relatively higher inclination for mammalian hosts including humans. Microsatellite analysis of 10 polymorphic markers was performed on 346 en...

A previously developed method to identify members of the Culex pipiens complex exploiting polymorphisms in a nuclear intron (acetylcholinesterase [ACE] based-assay) cannot differentiate the two forms of Cx. pipiens: form pipiens and form molestus. Notably, the two forms seem to differ extensively in behavior and physiology and likely have very different epidemiologic importance. Because they ar...

Mosquitoes in the Culex pipiens complex (Diptera: Culicidae), especially Cx. pipiens and Culex quinquefasciatus, have successfully exploited the rapid growth of the human population and globalization to their advantage by successfully utilizing man-made habitats, particularly for oviposition. Culex spp. lay over 100 eggs together in a raft. Each egg in the raft produces an apical droplet contai...