Author
- (Theobald)
- 1901a:385 (F; as Culex)
- Tokyo, [Honshu], Japan (BM).
Distribution
- China, France, Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan, United
States
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Synonyms
- eucleptes Dyar
- tokushimaensis Tanimura
- Xxxx
- Type-loc: Tokshima, Shikoku, Japan (ND)
- bisanensis Suzuki, Tanimura, Miyagawa and Murata
- 1953:8 (A)
- Type-loc: Tokushima, Shikoku, Japan (ND)
Subspecies
- shintienensis Tsai and Lien
- amamiensis Tanaka, Mizusawa and Saugstad
- yaeyamensis Tanaka, Mizusawa and Saugstad
Bionomics
- Larvae occur in a wide variety of natural and artificial containers,
usually preferring shaded places and water containing rich organic matter.
Rock holes appear to be the most favored immature habitat for this subspecies.
They are found from early spring to early autumn in Central Japan. Adults
live in forested areas and are day biters, but are apparently reluctant
to bite man. However, in the laboratory they readily feed on chicks and
mice but not on reptiles or amphibians (Miyagi, 1972). They overwinter
as eggs in northeastern Japan and as larvae in southwestern Japan (Kamimura,
1976b).
Medical Importance
- Capable of experimental transmission of West Nile Virus (CDC) and is
considered a vector of West Nile Virus (WNV) (Turell
et al. 2005:60).
Additional References
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- Knight 1947(1948), 631 (M, F, L*).
- Hara 1957:61 (F*).
- Knight 1968: 15 (M*, F, L*).
- Miyagi 1971:142 (A, L; n. distr.).
- Matsuo, Yoshida, and Kunou 1972:360
(E*).
- Peyton, Campbell, Candeletti, Romanowski
and Crans 1999:238 (F*, L*; distr.).
- Tanaka 2002a: 64 (P*; tax.; key).
- Schaffner, Chouin and Guillotea 2003:
1 (distr., France).
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