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Can anyone id this mosquito for me please?

Caught in the house, 19 April 2011,

Oxfordshire, England.

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Another image of same.

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This is an Anopheles female (palps as long as the proboscis). As far as I can see, there are dark-scaled patches on some of the wing veins, so either An.atroparvus or An.messeae. These species are inseparable as adults, but atroparvus is more likely to come into a house, so I think that's the probable ID.

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Tony,

Thanks for the helpful reply.

I attach a closeup showing the wing detail, which was not too clear in the original shots, so there can be no mistake.

I presume that these are common in England (unfortunately :| ) though I see that there are not many represented in the Gallery, certainly neither of these two particular species. Would it be worthwhile uploading these as larger images?

Regards,

Basil

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I'm happy that the species is one of the two I suggest, but the photos do not show the typical wing markings clearly, so they're not the best pics for the gallery. :|But as you say, there's no others, so (until you get some better images), these could be useful!

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Hi Tony,

The image above is, for some reason, not quite as I uploaded it. It was (is) 800x634 but seems to have been reduced to 600x476 :o and shows somewhat less detail as a result. :( I will upload larger images to the Gallery and then hopefully you'll be able to judge them better :).

Basil