Culex perexiguus (L)
Culex perexiguus (Theobald, 1903)
Type-loc: Lebanon
Culex perexiguus is close to Culex univittatus from which it differs by the more reduced number of denticles carried by the teeth of the siphon comb.
Culex perexiguus (L)
Culex perexiguus (F)
- Developmental stage : 2. larva
- ABDOMEN: Arrangement of the siphon setae 1-S : 2. ventral and lateral setae
- HEAD: Number of branches of the seta 6-C : 2. 2 branches ; 3. 3 branches
- THORAX: Number of branches of the prothoracic seta 3-P : 1. 1 branch
Head
- HEAD: colour of maxillary palpus : 1. entirely dark ; 3. with mixed dark and pale scales
- HEAD: colour of proboscis : 1. entirely dark
- HEAD: Number of teeth of the mentum : 1. less than 8 on each side of the median tooth
- HEAD: Insertion of the antennal seta 3- A : 1. close to the seta 4-A ; 2. far from the seta 4-A
- HEAD: Shape of the pre-clypeal seta 1-C : 2. stout all along
- HEAD: Number of branches of the seta 4-C : 1. 1 branch
- HEAD: Number of branches of the seta 5-C : 2. 2 branches ; 3. 3 branches
- HEAD: Number of branches of the seta 14-C : 2. 2 or more branches
Thorax
- THORAX: Prespiracular and postspiracular setae : 1. prespiracular and postspiracular setae absent
- THORAX: scutum's ornamentation : 1. without well-marked patterns
- THORAX: prealar areas ornamentation : 3. with 1 pale scale patch
- THORAX: lower mesepimeral seta : 2. 1 seta ; 3. 2 or more setae
- THORAX: postspiracular area's ornamentation : 2. with scales
- THORAX: Number of branches of the prothoracic seta 8-P : 2. 2 branches
- THORAX: Number of branches of the prothoracic seta 4-P : 2. 2 branches
Wings
- WING: colour of the scales on the wing veins : 1. dark scales only ; 2. pale scales only along the costal margin
- WING: position of wing veins R2+3 and M1+2 : 1. furcation of vein R2+3 is closer to furcation of vein M1+2 ; 2. furcation of vein R2+3 more distant from the furcation of vein M1+2
- 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
- WINGS and LEGS I - III: Culex or Coquillettidia : 2. wing scales narrow, pulvili present, claws smaller - Culex genus
Legs
- LEG I: tibia's colour : 3. with a longitudinal pale band
- 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 tibia : 2. with an apical pale ring ; 4. with a longitudinal pale band
- LEG I: colour of the scales on the coxa : 1. with a majority of pale scales
- LEG II: tibia's colour : 2. with an apical pale ring ; 4. with a longitudinal pale band
- LEG II: colour of the external side of the femur : 1. entirely dark ; 2. with a longitudinal pale band ; 3. with a mixture of pale and dark scales
- LEG III: relative sizes of tarsomere 1 and tibia : 1. tarsomere nearly as long as tibia
- LEG III: colour of femur : 1. with the basal half partially dark ; 2. with the basal half entirely pale
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: colour of tergite III : 2. with a basal pale band
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 2. with a basal pale band
- ABDOMEN: Respiratory aperture - Siphon : 2. opening at the apex of a cylindrical tube - siphon
- ABDOMEN: Siphonal tufts : 1. several pairs of siphonal tufts - Culex
- ABDOMEN: Abdominal plates : 1. abdominal plates absent
- ABDOMEN: Number of branches of the saddle seta 1-X : 2. 2 branches ; 3. 3 or more branches
- ABDOMEN: Shape of the siphon sub-apical spine 2-S : 1. short
- ABDOMEN: Shape of the distal tooth of the siphon pecten : 2. 3 to 5 basal denticles
- ABDOMEN: Length of seta 1a-S and the siphon's diameter : 1. seta is shorter than or equal to the diameter
- ABDOMEN: Insertion of the seta 1-S _ Culex : 3. beyond the last pecten tooth
- ABDOMEN: Number of branches on seta 1a-S on the siphon : 2. 2 to 5 branches
- ABDOMEN: Siphon index (total length/diameter at base) : 3. from 4.6 to 5.9 ; 4. equal or greater than 6
- ABDOMEN: general shape of the siphon : 1. with staight sides
- ABDOMEN: shape of the comb scales : 1. all without a median spine
- ABDOMEN: arrangement of the comb scales : 2. untidy
- ABDOMEN: Number of branches of the seta 6-VI : 1. 1 branch
- ABDOMEN: Number of branches of the seta 7-I : 2. 2 branches
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: North of Mediterranean Sea : Albania ; Bulgaria ; Greece ; Italy ; Portugal ; Serbia ; Sicily ; Spain
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Mediterranean Sea : Cyprus Island ; Israel ; Jordan ; Lebanon ; Palestine ; Syria ; Turkey
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Mediterranean Sea : Algeria ; Egypt ; Libya ; Morocco ; Tunisia