The Scanning Electron Microscopic study on Cibarium of three species of Culex vishnui subgroup Complex includes Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, Culex (Culex) pseudovishnui Colless and Culex (Culex) vishnui Theobald, all of which are commonly reported throughout Punjab. The description of Cibarium includes characterization of cibarial armature such as Lateral Flanges, cibarial teeth on cibarialbar and sensory papillae: ventral, palatal, larger dorsal, smaller dorsal.

Culex, Cibarium, Cibarial armature, sensory papillae, SEM

It is for the first time the scanning electron microscopy of cibarium have been done on the three species of Culex vishnui subgroup Complex: Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles, Culex (Culex) pseudovishnui Colless and Culex (Culex) vishnui Theobald. The new taxonomic characters will be helpful to solve the identification of closely related species complex very easily which are the prominent vector of Japanese Encephalitis in South Asia.

Navneet Kaur and D.S. Deep (2023). Scanning Electron Microscopic Study on Cibarial Attributes on Threes Species of Culex vishnui Subgroup Complex (Diptera: Culicidae) from Punjab. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(3a): 111-114