This is a list of described Culex species around the world, as of 2006. Subspecies have been omitted. There are possibly errors and inaccuracies in this list that stem from the conversion from the source. Please check the original source when in doubt.

Subgenus Acalleomyia Leicester

Subgenus Acallyntrum Stone & Penn

Subgenus Aedinus Lutz

Subgenus Afroculex Danilov

Subgenus Allimanta Casal & Garcia

Subgenus Anoedioporpa Dyar

Subgenus Barraudius Edwards

Subgenus Belkinomyia Adames & Galindo

Subgenus Carrollia Lutz

Subgenus Culex Linnaeus

C. pervigilans

Subgenus Phalangomyia Dyar & Knab, 1914

Subgenus Culiciomyia Theobald

Subgenus Eumelanomyia Theobald

Subgenus Kitzmilleria Danilov

  • Culex moucheti Evans, 1923 — Cameroon, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda, Zaire

Subgenus Lasiosiphon KirkPatrick

Subgenus Lophoceraomyia Theobald

Subgenus Maillotia Theobald

Subgenus Melanoconion Theobald

C. peccator

Subgenus Micraedes Coquillett

Subgenus Microculex Theobald

Subgenus Neoculex Dyar

Subgenus Nomina Dubia

Subgenus Oculeomyia Theobald

Subgenus Lasioconops Theobald

Subgenus Phenacomyia Harbach & Peyton

Subgenus Sirivanakarnius Tanaka

Subgenus Tinolestes Coquillett

Uncertain subgenus

Extinct species

  • Culex damnatorum Scudder, 1890
Illustration of a Culex damnatorum type specimen in lateral view. Wasatchian, Early Eocene; Lake Gosiute, Green River Formation; Fossil Fish Cut,3–4 kilometres (1.9–2.5 mi) West of Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  • Culex ekaterinae Giłka et al., 2021
  • Culex erikae Szadziewski and Szadziewska, 1985
  • Culex flavus Gistl, 1831
  • Culex malariager Poinar, 2005
Culex malariager, infected with the malarial parasite Plasmodium dominicana, in 15–20 million year old Dominican amber
  • Culex protorhinus Cockerell, 1915
  • Culex vectensis Edwards, 1923
  • Culex winchesteri Cockere ll, 1919
  • Culex tanzaniae Capasso, 1991 (Nomen Dobium)

References

on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

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