Gen Morinaga

The Culicinae are Monophyletic and Ancient: A response to Pierce et al. 2025

This paper challenges recent claims that mosquito subfamilies are not monophyletic by presenting evidence supporting two monophyletic subfamilies and an ancient divergence.

A Way Through the Trees: Molecular Phylogenies Consistently Recover Two Clades of Aedes Mosquitoes

This paper reviews molecular phylogenies of Aedes mosquitoes and finds two consistent clades, aiding in resolving taxonomic debates.

From macro to micro: De novo genomes of Aedes mosquitoes enable comparative genomics among close and distant relatives

The paper develops de novo chromosome-scale genomes for two Aedes mosquito species and compares them to a reference genome to reveal chromosomal rearrangements and gene expansion differences.

First record of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) in Alberta: Expanding distributions and ecotype patterns in a western Canadian province

The paper reports the first detection of Culex pipiens in Alberta, Canada, identifies the dominant ecotype as form pipiens, and notes a trend of increased form pipiens in northern latitudes.