Southern House Mosquito Culex quincquefasciatus

Classification

Culicidae [family]

Culex [genus] (7)

Culicidae [family]

Culex [genus] (7)

Recorded on	Aruba
	Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Saba
	Sint Eustatius
	Sint Maarten

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Aruba
	Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Saba
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten

Distribution description	Reported from the warmer regions of the world, between the 39th parallel of latitude north and south; Venezuela and the Antilles (van der Kuyp, 1954).

Beek, J.G. van der, Dijkstra, K-D. B., van der Hoorn, B.B., Boerlijst, S.P., Busscher, L., Kok, M.L., Braks, M.A.H., Schaffner, F., Davelaar, G.J., Henry, M., Hulshof, K., Leslie, T.E. & Schrama, M. 2020. Taxonomy, ecology and distribution of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of the Dutch Leeward Islands, with a key to the adults and fourth instar larvae. 1-19. Constributions to Zoology. [link]
Kuyp, E. van der 1953. Culicinae from the Netherlands Antilles and some other Caribbean Localities. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 4: 144-148.
Kuyp, E. van der 1954. Mosquitoes of the Netherlands Antilles and their hygienic importance. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 5: 37-114.