Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Culicidae - ♀ Culex pipiens/torrentium
Posted by eklans on 16-06-2022 15:23
#1
Hi, I've found this female with a conspicous pattern on thorax, dark legs, length approx. 10 mm in October 2020 in my cellar.
I do now think of
Culiseta glaphyroptera - can this be confirmed, respectively identified?
Thanks for your comments!
Edited by eklans on 08-08-2022 09:44
Posted by eklans on 16-06-2022 15:23
#2
lateral
Posted by eklans on 16-06-2022 15:24
#3
dorsofrontal
Posted by eklans on 16-06-2022 15:25
#4
frontal
Posted by Tony Irwin on 16-06-2022 16:57
#5
Cs. glaphyroptera has a more marked pattern on the thorax. This looks like
Culex pipiens to me (particularly with those bright green eyes)
Posted by eklans on 16-06-2022 18:02
#6
Thank you very much Tony! I've saved it as Culex first but after staring at it for more than one year the pattern increased...
Posted by brundlefly on 04-08-2022 13:52
#7
The females of
Culex pipiens and
Culex torrentium can not be separated from this angle, and sometimes not from any angle.
Posted by eklans on 04-08-2022 15:27
#8
Thank you very much, Anders. Another lateral view is not sharp enough, too, to see if prealar- and postspiracular-scales are present or not.
Posted by brundlefly on 08-08-2022 09:41
#9
I agree, I would not identify this to species.
Cx. pipiens/torrentium.
Posted by eklans on 08-08-2022 09:50
#10
Thank you Anders - I forgot to edit the title!