Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another culex?

Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 01-06-2011 21:23
#1

Hi,
Pictured in DSM, Tanzania.

A culex or did I finally get an anopheles?

Posted by Tony Irwin on 01-06-2011 21:53
#2

No, this is another Culex. You can see that the proboscis is about six times the length of the palps. In Anopheles females, the proboscis and the palps are about the same length. (See http://www.dipter...to_id=6640 )

Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 01-06-2011 22:04
#3

Oh, now I see. Thanks

Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 01-06-2011 22:05
#4

Oh, now I see. Thanks