Culiseta morsitans (L)
Culiseta morsitans (Theobald, 1901)
Type-loc: UK
Impossible to differentiate from Cs. litorea which breeds in salty waters, and it is only present on the Atlantic and occidental Mediterranean coasts.
Culiseta morsitans (L)
Culiseta morsitans (L)
Head
- HEAD: Branch number of seta 6-C : 2. 2 or 3 branches
- HEAD: Branch number of seta 5-C : 2. 2 or 3 branches
- HEAD: Position of the setae 4-C and 5-C : 2. space between 4-C setae < space between 5-C
- HEAD: Ornamentation of the antennal integument : 2. clearly spiculate
- HEAD: Size of the antenna and antennal seta 1-A : 2. long antenna and 1-A clearly noticable
Thorax
Wings
Legs
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: Respiratory aperture - Siphon : 2. opening at the apex of a cylindrical tube - siphon
- ABDOMEN: Siphonal tufts : 2. one pair of siphonal tuft inserted at the base of the siphon - Culiseta
- ABDOMEN: Siphon's length and shape : 3. long (L > 4)
- ABDOMEN: Extension of the pecten : 1. less than 1/3 of the siphon length
- ABDOMEN: Culiseta litorea or Culiseta morsitans : 1. pecten on basal 1/4 of the siphon - Culiseta morsitans
- ABDOMEN: Pecten's ornamentation : 1. with spines only
- ABDOMEN: Abdominal plates : 1. abdominal plates absent
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: North of Mediterranean Sea : Austria ; Belarus ; Belgium ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; Denmark ; Estonia ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Hungary ; Ireland ; Italy ; Kaleningrad ; Lithuania ; Macedonia ; Montenegro ; Netherlands ; Norway ; Poland ; Romania ; Sardinia ; Serbia ; Sicily ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; Spain ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; Ukraine ; United Kingdom
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Mediterranean Sea : Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; Georgia ; Turkey
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Mediterranean Sea : Algeria ; Libya ; Morocco ; Tunisia