''Culex jenseni'' is a species of
mosquito in the
genus
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''
Culex''. It is
endemic
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to
Sabah
Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...
,
Malaysian Borneo. ''C. jenseni'' is placed in the subgenus ''Lophoceraomyia''. In its
larva
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The ...
l stage, ''C. jenseni'' develops in the pitchers of ''
Nepenthes
''Nepenthes'' () is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus includes about 170 species, and numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids. They are mos ...
'' species, especially ''
N. rajah''. As such, it is considered a
nepenthebiont.
References
Two New Mosquito Species from a Pitcher Plant of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia* Clarke, C.M. 1997. ''Nepenthes of Borneo''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu,! p. 39.
jenseni
Insects described in 1910
Nepenthes infauna
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