Culex rajah
| Culex rajah | |
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| Culex rajah from type description | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Culex |
| Species: | C. rajah
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| Binomial name | |
| Culex rajah , 1986
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Culex rajah is a species of mosquito in the genus Culex. It is endemic to Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. C. rajah is placed in the subgenus Culiciomyia. In its larval stage, C. rajah is found exclusively in the pitchers of Nepenthes rajah (hence the name), a species of pitcher plant. As such, it is considered a nepenthebiont.[1]
References[]
- ^ Tsukamoto, M. 1989. "Two New Mosquito Species from a Pitcher Plant of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia: Culex rajah and Toxorhynchites rajah (Diptera: Culicidae)" (PDF).[permanent dead link]. Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 17(3): 215–228.
- Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, p. 39.
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