Thread subject: Diptera.info :: culicidae fly
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 07-09-2006 22:40
#1
Hi
taken today in Silgueiros - Viseu in bathroom. :)
Culicidae fly... ANopheles sp.?
Posted by Tony Irwin on 07-09-2006 22:55
#2
It's not
Anopheles - in this genus the females have palps that are as long as the proboscis.
This is a ... different genus ;)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 07-09-2006 23:05
#3
Tony Irwin wrote:
It's not Anopheles - in this genus the females have palps that are as long as the proboscis.
This is a ... different genus ;)
so which one? :) And why this fly is a female? Did you look at the eyes? Is this the criterion?
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 07-09-2006 23:06
Posted by Tony Irwin on 08-09-2006 00:29
#4
It's a female because it has short palps - (almost) all male mosquitoes have long palps. The eyes are similar in males and females. The male and female anophelines are distinguished by the structure of the palps (they are clubbed in the male).
I expect this is
Culex pipiens - but I say this only because it a plain coloured species that is very commonly found indoors. I cannot see the necessary charcters on the photo to be sure of the identification.