''Culex jenseni'' is a species of

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, Malaysian Borneo. ''C. jenseni'' is placed in the subgenus ''Lophoceraomyia''. In its larval stage, ''C. jenseni'' develops in the pitchers of ''Nepenthes'' species, especially ''Nepenthes rajah, 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. Culex, jenseni Insects described in 1910 Nepenthes infauna {{Culicidae-stub