Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758
(a mosquito)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCulex pipiens (a mosquito)
Species aggregateCulex pipiens agg. (a group of closely similar mosquitoes)
GenusCulex (a genus of mosquitoes)
FamilyCULICIDAE (mosquitoes, gnats)
SuperfamilyCULICOIDEA (mosquitoes, gnats, meniscus & phantom midges)
InfraorderCulicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Culex pipiens (a mosquito) :
1: Culex pipiens (a mosquito)
17 Oct 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, indoors
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - head, antennae and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 6: Female - latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 7: Wing - magnifiedImage 8: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 10: Female - scutellar region - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnificationImage 11: Female - thorax and scutellum - dorso-lateral view - microscope low magnification

Culex pipiens (a mosquito) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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