Medical Importance: Culex tarsalis is the chief vector of Western Equine Encephalitis, also vector of St. Louis and California encephalitis, and now is the main vector of West Nile Virus in the Western States.
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Culex is a genus of mosquito, and is important in that several species serve as vectors of important diseases, such as West Nile virus, filariasis, Japanese encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis and...
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Reisen, W. 1993. The western encephalitis mosquito, Culex tarsalis. Wing Beats, Vol. 4(2):16. ... The Western Encephalitis Mosquito, Culex tarsalis ... Importance: Culex tarsalis is the most important mosquito vector of arboviruses in western North America, responsible for maintenance, amplification and epidemic transmission of...
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Cx. tarsalis -bio (PDF File)
Culex tarsalis; History, Biology, Ecology, Public Health and Control; Excerpt from: National West Nile Virus conference call July 10, 2002; Presented by Dr. Bill Reisen; 1. History a. WEE - Early 1930s: Not much focus until Meyer et al.
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Mosquitoes of the Culex tarsalis species have a distinct ring around the proboscis. ... Cx. tarsalis possess two silver dots on its scutum. Also notice the silver lines extending from the abdomen. (Remember, Cx. restuans also has ... Here is a different view of the Culex tarsalis showing the banded proboscis and banded legs.
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Culex tarsalis is larger than Ae. vexans and is pale brown in color. Culex tarsalis is characterized by a broad white band on the proboscis and apical and basal white bands on the tarsi. A small white dot is present on either side of the central area of the dorsal side of the thorax.
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Culex tarsalis Coquillett, 1896 ... Results of: Search in every Kingdom for all exactly for 'Culex tarsalis' ... Download Culex tarsalis TSN 126498...
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Culex tarsalis is a North American species of mosquito that occupies a large swath of territory between northern Mexico and southern Canada, spreading from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast. It is most commonly seen in California, at elevations ranging as high as 3000 meters.
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Host-parasite cospeciation: An annotated bibliography ... Baker, M. D., ... Brooks, D.R. 1979. Testing the context and extent of host-parasite coevolution.  Systematic Zoology, 28, 299-307.  This paper provided the first discussion of the systematic perspective of cospeciation using phylogenetics.  The author used the term...
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