Culex (Culex) pervigilans Bergroth, 1889

common domestic mosquito

New Zealand Status: Endemic

Native to New Zealand and found nowhere else.  

Vector and Disease Information

Culex pervigilans is a natural vector of Whataroa virus (Holder 1999).

Distribution

Australasian Biogeographic Region
NZ Distribution Map
PRESENT; ENDEMIC.
New Zealand - All of New Zealand including Stewart Island, Auckland Island, Adams Island, Chatham Islands, Three Kings Island, and Raoul Island (Belkin 1968).

Rest of the World
NOT PRESENT.

Taxonomic Position

Part of the Pervigilans complex of species, Group pipiens, and subgroup pipiens of the subgenus Culex.