Culex pipiens s.l. (F)
Culex pipiens s.l. (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type-loc: Europe, Lappland, America
It's impossible to differentiate Culex pipiens s.s. from Culex quinquefasciatus. Very difficult to differentiate from Culex torrentium, male genitalia examination is necessary. Confirmation with molecular techniques are recommended.
Culex pipiens s.l. (F)
Culex pipiens s.l. (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
- THORAX: prealar areas ornamentation : 1. without prealar scales ; 2. with at most 1 or 2 pale scales
- THORAX: lower mesepimeral seta : 2. 1 seta ; 3. 2 or more setae
- THORAX: postspiracular area's ornamentation : 1. without scales
Wings
- WING: general ornamentation of the wing : 1. entirely dark
- WING: colour of the scales on the wing veins : 1. dark scales only
- WING: position of wing veins R2+3 and M1+2 : 1. furcation of vein R2+3 is closer to 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
- 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 ; 5. between 4,6 - 5 mm
- WINGS and LEGS I - III: Culex or Coquillettidia : 2. wing scales narrow, pulvili present, claws smaller - Culex genus
Legs
- LEG I: tibia's colour : 1. entirely dark or with some pale scales at the apex ; 2. with an apical pale ring
- 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 ; 2. with an apical pale ring
- LEG I: colour of the scales on the coxa : 1. with a majority of pale scales ; 2. with pale and dark scales
- LEG II: tibia's colour : 1. dark with at most some pale scales ; 2. with an apical pale ring
- LEG II: colour of the external side of the femur : 1. entirely dark
- 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
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: colour of the scales on the tergite : 5. with creamy white and dark scales
- ABDOMEN: colour of tergite III : 2. with a basal pale band
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 2. with a basal pale band
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: North of Mediterranean Sea : Albania ; Austria ; Azores ; Balearic Islands ; Belarus ; Belgium ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; Crimean Peninsula ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; Denmark ; Estonia ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Hungary ; Ireland ; Italy ; Kaleningrad ; Kosovo ; Latvia ; Lithuania ; Luxembourgh ; Macedonia ; Malta ; Moldova ; Montenegro ; Netherlands ; Norway ; Poland ; Portugal ; Romania ; Sardinia ; Serbia ; Sicily ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; Spain ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; Ukraine ; United Kingdom
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Mediterranean Sea : Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; Cyprus Island ; Georgia ; Israel ; Jordan ; Lebanon ; Palestine ; Syria ; Turkey
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Mediterranean Sea : Algeria ; Canary Islands ; Egypt ; Libya ; Madeira ; Morocco ; Tunisia