Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) berlandi (Séguy 1921) ♀ (Culicidae Culicinae Aedini)

Posted by Elena Regina on 07-06-2021 22:02
#1
Lazio, 2021-VI, WS 11 mm

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Edited by Elena Regina on 08-06-2021 18:06

Posted by Elena Regina on 08-06-2021 00:42
#2
Dorsal view

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Posted by Tony Irwin on 08-06-2021 12:23
#3
Either Ochlerotatus berlandi or Oc. pulcritarsis. The females of these two species are very similar, and I don't know them well enough to be able to separate them from a photo.

Posted by Elena Regina on 08-06-2021 18:25
#4
Definitely not pulcritarsis, scutum and femora don't match.

Educated guess: Ochlerotatus (Ochlerotatus) berlandi

bioinfo-web.mpl.ird.fr/identiciels/culmed/html/images/adulte/txaepl1a.jpg

i.ibb.co/6BbjCHy/https-inaturalist-open-data-s3-amazonaws-com-photos-104723863-original.jpg

i.ibb.co/sgKGb6t/https-inaturalist-open-data-s3-amazonaws-com-photos-104723873-original.jpg

Cfr. Becker & al. 2010, p. 248: "Aedes mosquito with apical/basal tarsal banding and all-dark wing scales. Differentiated from pulcritarsis by scutum pattern: "Whereas the scutum of Oc. berlandi has clearly contrasting by dark and pale golden scales, Oc. pulcritarsis exhibits a weaker pattern of pale and dark scales on the scutum, and looks rather uniformly golden brownish in colour."

Becker & al. 2010: Mosquitoes and their control. Springer, Heidelbeg, 577 pp. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92874-4

http://bioinfo-web.mpl.ird.fr/identiciels/culmed/html/taxa/Aedes_berlandi_L_.html
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2988492276