Culiseta melanura

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Culiseta melanura
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Culiseta
Species:
C. melanura
Binomial name
Culiseta melanura
(Coquillett, 1902)
Synonyms[1]
  • Culex melanurus Coquillett, 1902

Culiseta melanura, the black-tailed mosquito, is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae.[1][2][3] Since adult female Cs. melanura primarily take their blood meals from birds, they are responsible for transmitting eastern equine encephalitis virus between birds.[4] Humans, horses, and other mammals become infected with eastern equine encephalitis virus when other mosquito species besides Cs. melanura, such as Aedes, Coquillettidia, and Culex species take blood meals first from infected birds and then later take blood meals from mammals, transferring the virus to these hosts.[4]

Parasites[]

Cs. melanura is a vector of Eastern equine encephalitis virus.[5][6][7] Scott & Lorez 1998 find EEEV vector infection is not benign, reducing Cs. melanura lifespan.[5][6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Culiseta melanura Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Culiseta melanura". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ a b Eva Buckner; Angelique Showman; C. Roxanne Connelly. "Black-tailed mosquito; Culiseta melanura". Featured Creatures. University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b Kuno, Goro; Chang, Gwong-Jen J. (2005). "Biological Transmission of Arboviruses: Reexamination of and New Insights into Components, Mechanisms, and Unique Traits as Well as Their Evolutionary Trends". Journal. American Society for Microbiology. 18 (4): 608–637. doi:10.1128/cmr.18.4.608-637.2005. ISSN 0893-8512. S2CID 2977879.
  5. ^ a b Lefèvre, Thierry; Thomas, Frédéric (2008). "Behind the scene, something else is pulling the strings: Emphasizing parasitic manipulation in vector-borne diseases". Infection, Genetics and Evolution. Elsevier. 8 (4): 504–519. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2007.05.008. ISSN 1567-1348. PMID 17588825. S2CID 5933503.
  6. ^ a b Kramer, Laura D.; Ciota, Alexander T. (2015). "Dissecting vectorial capacity for mosquito-borne viruses". Current Opinion in Virology. Elsevier. 15: 112–118. doi:10.1016/j.coviro.2015.10.003. ISSN 1879-6257. PMC 4688158. PMID 26569343. S2CID 206992077.


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