What Does Culicine Mean?

The Culicinae are the most extensive subfamily of mosquitoes and have species in every continent except Antarctica, but are highly concentrated in tropical areas. Mosquitoes are best known as parasites to many vertebrate animals and vectors for disease.

What is the meaning of Culicine?

nounWord forms: plural -lices (-lɪˌsiːz) any mosquito of the genus Culex, such as C. pipiens, the common mosquito.

What do you mean by Culex?

: any of a large cosmopolitan genus (Culex) of mosquitoes that includes the common house mosquito (C. pipiens) of Europe and North America and vectors of the viruses causing Saint Louis encephalitis and West Nile virus.

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