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Culex

genus of mosquitoes
Taxon taxon Q276595

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[5]
Parent taxon
Culicinae[3]
Taxon common name
Mustik[6]
Taxon name
Culex[4]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
This zoological name is coordinate with
Culex[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Culex ar بعوضة fa کولکس he טרדן he יתוש he כולכית hi क्यूलेक्स ja イエカ ja イエカ属 ru Кулексы zh 家蚊属 zh 库蚊属
🔖 Identifiers · 46
OpenAlex ID
C2779518617
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Culex sp..jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Culex
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Culex
BOLD Systems taxon ID
6441
Belgian Species List ID
49208
BioLib taxon ID
116589
Biota of New Zealand ID
100c6c6d-a583-4ce6-99f9-8d4d81c82017
BugGuide taxon ID
33384
Catalogue of Life ID
BXWVS
Dyntaxa ID
1013475
EPPO Code
1CULXG
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Encyclopedia of Life ID
54767
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/Culex
Fauna Europaea ID
130922
Fauna Europaea New ID
b9b49015-de53-4f69-99d1-7161902123a1
Fossilworks taxon ID
138309
Freebase ID
/m/0cfdgp
GBIF taxon ID
1497010
Georgian Encyclopedia ID
28222
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
mosquit-culex
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0235013
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2120334
INaturalist taxon ID
130033
IRMNG ID
1196440
ITIS TSN
126455
Insects (Insecta) of the World ID
880708
KBpedia ID
Culex
MNHN taxon ID
genus/culex
MeSH descriptor ID
D003465
MeSH tree code
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.712.500.875.225
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779518617, 2908576163
NBIC scientific name ID
20979
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000039890
NCBI taxonomy ID
7174
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
150622
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
d3dff45a-973b-4917-85a1-639643e46755
Open Tree of Life ID
218720
Plazi ID
8A124D33-9CA7-F160-5A57-4D4DB8B83F0F, 6F2187FB-FFC1-FFB1-2982-9F35FA1DFD7F
Systematic Catalog of Culicidae ID
24
Topic's main category
Category:Culex
UMLS CUI
C0010444
WoRMS-ID for taxa
494561
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02204410-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/898fda85-b4d4-45ee-81cf-49033c65f9f6
ZooBank ID for name or act
0703C17E-EE93-4B12-BDF2-E42D4617EFC3

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 762
Culex pipiens, Culex quinquefasciatus, London Underground mosquito, Culex modestus, Culex rajah, Culex tritaeniorhynchus, Culex annulirostris, Culex tarsalis +754 more
← Has natural reservoir 3
West Nile fever, Eastern equine encephalitis, Ross River fever
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Culicinae
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Culex
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Culex
← Disease transmission process 1
Venezuelan equine encephalitis
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Summary

Culex is a taxon[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . marinespecies.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Atlas and catalogue of the mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae) of Luxembourg. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · PieterJanR · 2026-10-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Homonymous taxon → —
    This zoological name is coordinate with → Culex
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Homonymous taxon: Culex"
  2. 16w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Instance of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Culex
    Parent taxon → Culicinae
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Catalogue of Life ID: 9WL47"
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