Culex pipiens agg. Linnaeus
(a group of closely similar mosquitoes)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Culex pipiens
a mosquito
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 11 images
Culex torrentium
a mosquito
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Culex pipiens agg. (a group of closely similar mosquitoes) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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