Northern House Mosquito
Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Diptera |
| Family | Culicidae |
| Genus | Culex |
| Species | Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from 10 counties across three states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee
Counties
- Illinois
- Calhoun, Carroll, Henderson, Jo Daviess, Monroe, Pike
- Indiana
- Monroe
- Tennessee
- Franklin, Marion, Van Buren
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Montana
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- British Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Prince Edward Island
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- SU Unrankable
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- New Brunswick
- S5 Secure
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
Ranks looked up 2 July 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
References
- Banta, A.M. 1907. The fauna of Mayfield's Cave. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 67: 1–114. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60987. details
- Lewis, J.J. 2005a. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
- Peck, S.B. & Christiansen, K. 1990. Evolution and zoogeography of the invertebrate cave faunas of the Driftless Area of the upper Mississippi River Valley of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 73–88. doi:10.1139/z90-012
- Peck, S.B. & Lewis, J.J. 1978. Zoogeography and evolution of the subterranean invertebrate faunas of Illinois and southeastern Missouri. National Speleological Society Bulletin 40: 39–63.
- Webb, D.W., Taylor, S.J. & Krejca, J.K. 1993. The biological resources of Illinois caves and other subterranean environments. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA. 143 pp.
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.
How to cite this account
Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2334. https://cavebiology.org/species/culex-pipiens/ (accessed 22 October 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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