Thread subject: Diptera.info :: French mosquito

Posted by Little Smurf on 12-09-2019 14:15
#1

Hi.
For my first subject, any chance to ID this mosquito?
I think it's a Culex.
~5mm
Fos-sur-Mer - south of France
Thanks

Edited by Little Smurf on 12-09-2019 14:17

Posted by Tony Irwin on 12-09-2019 21:28
#2

The abdomen is too pointed to be a Culex. This is Aedes (sensu lato), possibly Ochlerotatus leucomelas, but I can't be sure from a photo.

Posted by Little Smurf on 13-09-2019 08:53
#3

Thank you for this first elements.
However, Ochlerotatus leucomelas seems not present in Mediterranean France.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 13-09-2019 09:15
#4

I am not familiar with the Mediterranean mosquito fauna, so can't really help any further. We may just have to leave it as Ochlerotatus species.