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Tribe Culicini

culicinae - Culex tarsalis - male unknown biting mosquito - Culex - female Culex restuans - female white-dotted mosquito - Culex restuans - female mosquito emerging from livestock tank - Culex - male mosquito - Culex erraticus - female Mosquito - Culex - female Culex Mosquito - Culex
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and Midges)
Family Culicidae (Mosquitoes)
Tribe Culicini
Numbers
30 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1), ~800 spp. (of which ~770 are in Culex) in 4 genera worldwide(2)
Range
worldwide(2)