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Culicidae - ♀ Culex pipiens/torrentium
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Hi, I've found this female with a conspicous pattern on thorax, dark legs, length approx. 10 mm in October 2020 in my cellar.
I do now think of Culiseta glaphyroptera - can this be confirmed, respectively identified?
Thanks for your comments!
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Cs. glaphyroptera has a more marked pattern on the thorax. This looks like Culex pipiens to me (particularly with those bright green eyes)
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Thank you very much Tony! I've saved it as Culex first but after staring at it for more than one year the pattern increased...
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The females of Culex pipiens and Culex torrentium can not be separated from this angle, and sometimes not from any angle.
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Thank you very much, Anders. Another lateral view is not sharp enough, too, to see if prealar- and postspiracular-scales are present or not.
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I agree, I would not identify this to species. Cx. pipiens/torrentium.
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Thank you Anders - I forgot to edit the title!
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