Culex (Culiciomyia) nebulosus Theobald, 1901c

Dawah, Hassan A., Abdullah, Mohammed A., Ahmad, Syed Kamran, Turner, James & Azari-Hamidian, Shahyad, 2023, An overview of the mosquitoes of Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Culicidae), with updated keys to the adult females, Zootaxa 5394 (1), pp. 1-76 : 44

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Culex (Culiciomyia) nebulosus Theobald, 1901c View in CoL ( Fig. 42 View FIGURE 42 )

Type locality. Old Calabar , Nigeria.

Distribution. This species is widespread in the Afrotropical Region ( Wilkerson et al. 2021). In the Middle East, it occurs in Saudi Arabia and Yemen ( Edwards 1914; Knight 1953b; Lewis 1956; Mattingly & Knight 1956; White 1980; Büttiker 1981; Miller et al. 2002; Lemine et al. 2017; Wilkerson et al. 2021). It was recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia by Büttiker (1981).

Remarks. Culex nebulosus is the only representative of its subgenus in the region ( Harbach 1988).

Medical importance. In Africa, this species is involved in the transmission of Ntaya virus ( Brottes et al. 1966) and Babahoyo, Bagaza, M’Poko, Middelburg, Tai and Yaoundé viruses ( Adam & Digoutte 2005; Tantely et al. 2016). Females of Cx. nebulosus rarely attack humans ( Kerr 1933).

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Buttiker, W. (1981) Observation on urban mosquitoes in Saudi Arabia. In: Wittmer, W. & Buttiker, W. (Eds.), Fauna of Saudia Arabia. Vol. 3. Pro Entomologia c / o Natural History Museum. Ciba Geigy Ltd, Basle, pp. 472 - 479.

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Harbach, R. E. (1988) The mosquitoes of the subgenus Culex in southwestern Asia and Egypt (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 24 (1), vi + 1 - 236.

Kerr, J. A. (1933) Studies on the abundance, distribution and feeding habits of some West African mosquitos [sic]. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 24 (4), 493 - 510. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300035458

Knight, K. L. (1953 b) The mosquitoes of the Yemen (Diptera, Culicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 55 (5), 212 - 234.

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Lewis, D. J. (1956) The Culex mosquitoes of the Sudan. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 47 (4), 703 - 721. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300046940

Mattingly, P. F. & Knight, K. L. (1956) The mosquitoes of Arabia. I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 4 (3), 91 - 141.

Miller, B. R., Godsey, M. S., Crabtree, M. B. Savage, H. M., Al-Mazrao, Y., Al-Jaffri, M. H. Abdoon, A. - M. M., Al-Seghayer, S. M., Al-Shahrani, A. M. & Ksiazek, T. G. (2002) Isolation and genetic characterization of Rift Valley fever virus from Aedes vexans arabiensis, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8 (12), 1492 - 1494. https: // doi. org / 10.3201 / eid 0812.020194

Tantely, M. L., Le Goff, G., Boyer, S. & Fontenille, D. (2016) An updated checklist of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) from Madagascar. Parasite, 23, 20. https: // doi. org / 10.1051 / parasite / 2016018

Theobald, F. V. (1901 c) Notes on a collection of mosquitoes from West Africa, and descriptions of new species. Memoirs of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 4 (Appendix), i - xii, 3 pls.

White, G. B. (1980) Family Culicidae. In: Crosskey, R. W. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 114 - 148.

Wilkerson, R. C., Linton, Y. - M. & Strickman, D. A. (2021) Mosquitoes of the world. Vols 1 and 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltomore, Maryland, 1308 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / s 13071 - 021 - 04848 - 6