Principal vector species

Culex pipiens

Culex pipiens is a filariasis / west nile vector recorded in 106 countries, and the target of 43 engineered-intervention research works in the Atlas corpus.

106
countries with a GBIF record
259k
occurrence records (effort-biased)
43
intervention-research works
Filariasis / West Nile vector
disease group

Associated diseases

The sourced disease group for this vector, and the diseases that group covers.
Disease group
Filariasis / West Nile vector
Diseases
Lymphatic filariasis, West Nile virus
Competence varies
This names the vector’s associated disease group. It is not a claim that every population of Culex pipiens transmits every listed disease, competence differs by population, pathogen strain and locale.

Where it is recorded

Countries with the most GBIF occurrence records for Culex pipiens. Records reflect sampling effort, not abundance.
106 countries total
+ 82 more countries with a record · browse all
Presence, not absence
A country missing here has no digitised GBIF record for Culex pipiens, which is not the same as the species being absent. Under-surveyed regions are systematically under-represented.

Engineered-intervention research

Research works targeting Culex pipiens by technology. Research activity, not a field-trial-site registry.
53 works (tech-tagged)
Wolbachia
16 works
GM release
15 works
SIT / IIT
12 works
Gene drive
10 works
Mosticare Ühing (2026). Mosquito Intelligence Atlas, vector distribution, disease burden, and engineered-intervention literature. Derived from GBIF, WHO GHO, World Bank, OpenAlex and Natural Earth. https://www.mosticare.org/atlas
Data vintage 2026-07-12. Independent of the funded programmes.