Culiseta particeps is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae. It is found along the West coast of the United States including Southern California, Arizona as well as Mexico and Guatemala.[1][2][3] Cs. particeps is not a known vector of human pathogens.[4][5]

Culiseta particeps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Culiseta
Species:
C. particeps
Binomial name
Culiseta particeps
(Adams, 1903)

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  1. ^ Sandhu TS, Williams GW, Haynes BW, Dhillon MS. Population dynamics of blood-fed female mosquitoes and comparative efficacy of resting boxes in collecting them from the northwestern part of Riverside County, California. J Global Infect Dis [serial online] 2013 [cited 2013 Oct 22];5:15-8.
  2. ^ E. T. SCHREIBER; J. D. CHANEY; M. S. MULLA; W. E. WALTON (September 1989). "BIONOMICS OF CULISETA PARTICEPS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA" (PDF). Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 5 (3): 434–435. PMID 2573691. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  3. ^ Culex particeps Adams, 1903 in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-08.
  4. ^ Aldo I. Ortega-Morales, Martin Reyna Nava, Chapter 9 - Mosquito Species of Neighboring States of Mexico, Editor(s): Mustapha Debboun, Martin Reyna Nava, Leopoldo M. Rueda, Mosquitoes, Communities, and Public Health in Texas, Academic Press, 2020, Pages 279-306, ISBN 9780128145456, https://doi.org/10.1016B978-0-12-814545-6.00009-2.
  5. ^ Sandhu TS, Williams GA, Haynes BW, Dhillon MS. Evaluation of arboviral activity at Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District, Riverside County, California during 2008. Proc and Papers of the Mosq and Vector Control Assoc of Calif, vol 77, 2009. p. 108-15.

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