Definition of Culex fatigans

1. Noun. Widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms.

Exact synonyms: Culex Quinquefasciatus
Generic synonyms: Mosquito
Group relationships: Culex, Genus Culex

Lexicographical Neighbors of Culex Fatigans

Cucurbita moschata
Cucurbita pepo
Cucurbita pepo melopepo
Cudworthian
Cufic
Cuiabá
Cuidad Bolivar
Cuisenaire rod
Cuisenaire rods
Culbertson
Culcita
Culcita dubia
Culdee
Culdees
Culebra
Culex fatigans (current term)
Culex pipiens
Culex quinquefasciatus
Culiacan
Culicoides
Culicoides austeni
Culicoides furens
Culicoides milnei
Culicoides variipennis
Culiseta melanura
Cullen
Cullen's sign
Cullen skink
Culm
Culp pyeloplasty

Literary usage of Culex fatigans

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"In looking over the geographical distribution of dengue and various species of mosquitoes, we found but one species (Culex fatigans Wied.,) of this insect ..."

2. Mosquito Eradication by Walter Ernest Hardenburg (1922)
"Adult female Culex fatigans. SOME COMMON TROUBLESOME MOSQUITOES In the next few pages, several of the more common annoying mosquitoes prevalent in the ..."

3. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1906)
"The species observed is Culex fatigans, although the author fails to specify this. ... In Para the males of both Culex fatigans and Stegomyia fasciata daily ..."

4. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"They transmitted the infection by the mosquito, Culex fatigans, and concluded that this is probably the most common method of transmission. ..."

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