Culex marksae

Description

Culex marksae is a species of mosquito in the subgenus Lophoceraomyia first circumscribed in 1955 by Willard V. King and Harry Hoogstraal. The specific epithet honors Dr. Elizabeth N. Marks whose research and writings "added a great deal to the knowledge of Australasian Culicidae." C. marksae is small to medium-sized, the wings usually about 3.0 mm in length, the thorax deep brown to black, the abdominal tergites having dark scales, and wings and legs lacking prominent ornamentation.