Coquillettidia buxtoni (F)
Coquillettidia buxtoni (Edwards, 1923)
Type-loc: Israel
This genus is represented with only 2 species in the coverage of this identification key. Coquillettidia species have no pre or post spiracular setae. They have big claws at the end of 5th tarsomere and can be distinguished by their wide scales. Coquillettidia buxtoni have a dark abdomen and proboscis while Coquillettidia richiardii is more light coloured, thus identification is relatively easy. The general look of the mosquito resembles of an Aedes species.
Coquillettidia buxtoni (F)
Coquillettidia buxtoni (F)
Head
- HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not : 1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis ; 3. scutellum clearly trilobate
- HEAD: colour of maxillary palpus : 1. entirely dark
- HEAD: colour of proboscis : 1. entirely dark
Thorax
- THORAX: Prespiracular and postspiracular setae : 1. prespiracular and postspiracular setae absent
- THORAX: scutum's ornamentation : 1. without well-marked patterns
Wings
- WING: general ornamentation of the wing : 1. entirely dark
- WING: colour of the scales on the wing veins : 1. dark scales only
- WING: Uranotaenia or not : 2. apex of anal vein ends after mcu/cuA fork ; 4. length of the R2+R3 vein is shorter than R2/R3
- WING: ornamentation of the base (alula) : 1. with a fringe of scales
- WING: wing length from insertion to apex : 2. between 3 - 3,5 mm ; 3. between 3,6 - 4 mm ; 4. between 4,1 - 4,5 mm
- WINGS and LEGS I - III: Culex or Coquillettidia : 1. wing scales broad, pulvili absent, claws larger - Coquillettidia genus
Legs
- LEG I: Orthopodomyia or not : 2. tarsomere 4 is equal or longer than tarsomere 5 ; 4. length of tarsomere 1 is shorter than tarsomere 2 through 5
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 1 : 1. entirely dark, at most with a small apical ring
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 5 : 1. entirely dark
- LEG III: colour of tibia : 1. entirely dark
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: colour of the scales on the tergite : 2. almost completely covered with dark scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 1. entirely dark
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: North of Mediterranean Sea : Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; Croatia ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Italy ; Kosovo ; Moldova ; Montenegro ; Romania ; Sardinia ; Sicily ; Spain ; Ukraine
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Mediterranean Sea : Israel ; Syria ; Turkey
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Mediterranean Sea : Madeira ; Morocco