Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Culex ?
Posted by evdb on 22-10-2013 20:49
#1
Hi !
Center of France, 07.10.2013, Just appearing from a tub of water, it may be a
Culex pippiens male ?
Posted by Tony Irwin on 23-10-2013 21:56
#2
It certainly looks like a
Culex male, but from what I can make out in the photo, it has pale apical bands on the tergites, so not
pipiens. In Britain, it would be
territans, but I'm not sure what related species you may have in France.
Posted by evdb on 23-10-2013 22:13
#3
Thanks Tony ; we have
territans in France
Edited by evdb on 23-10-2013 22:14
Posted by evdb on 23-10-2013 22:21
#4
We also have :
- modestus
- mimeticus
- theileri
- torrentium
- hortensis
- impudicus
- martinii
- mimeticus
- theileri
Posted by Tony Irwin on 23-10-2013 22:40
#5
My understanding is that all of these, with the exception of
territans,
martinii and
impudicus have pale basal bands on the tergites. But what the distinguishing features of these three
Neoculex species are, I don't know.
Incidentally
territans is primarily a frog-feeding mosquito. Would that fit with the place you found it?
Edited by Tony Irwin on 23-10-2013 22:42
Posted by evdb on 24-10-2013 07:44
#6
Yes, there is a small pound in about 25 meters from the place where I got the photograh.
I pictured a female which looks like, in the same place :
http://evdb.free....dae_2.html
Edited by evdb on 24-10-2013 08:12
Posted by Tony Irwin on 24-10-2013 21:05
#7
Looks like the female is in the same group, but I don't know the French species, so can't say whether it's the same species.
Nice photos, by the way! :)
Edited by Tony Irwin on 24-10-2013 21:06
Posted by evdb on 24-10-2013 21:21
#8
Thanks Tony,
Culex species will be fine, anyway.
If you want the pictures, pick it up :)