Culiseta longiareolata (F)
Culiseta longiareolata (Macquart, 1838)
Type-loc: Canary Islands
Very easy to identify due to the presence of longitudinal lines on the scutum and rows of pale patches on the femur.
Culiseta longiareolata (F)
Culiseta longiareolata (F)
Head
- HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not : 1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis ; 3. scutellum clearly trilobate
- HEAD: colour of maxillary palpus : 3. with mixed dark and pale scales
- HEAD: colour of proboscis : 1. entirely dark
- HEAD: colour of maxillary palpus - Cs : 3. with mixed dark and pale scales
Thorax
- THORAX: Prespiracular and postspiracular setae : 2. prespiracular setae present postspiracular setae absent - Culiseta
- THORAX: scutum's ornamentation : 2. with continuous bands
- THORAX: scutum's ornamentation - Cs : 1. with 3 longitudinal pale bands
- THORAX: shape of the longitudinal lines : 2. lyre shaped lines
- THORAX: scutum's continuous bands : 1. dark with pale bands ; 2. other colors
Wings
- WING: general ornamentation of the wing : 2. dark with black spots
- 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 : 6. longer than 5 mm ; 7. longer than 6 mm
Legs
- LEGS I - III: ornamentation of the femur's 1/3 distal part : 2. with rows of pale patches
- LEGS I - III: ornamentation of tarsomere 1 : 3. with pale longitudinal rows ; 4. scatered with pale scales
- 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 : 5. longitudinal stripe of pale scales ; 6. scatered with pale scales
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 4 : 3. with a pale basal ring
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 5 : 1. entirely dark
- LEG III: colour of tibia : 4. with a longitudinal pale band ; 5. with small pale marks
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: colour of the scales on the tergite : 3. almost completely covered with pale scales ; 5. with creamy white and dark scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : ?
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of tergites III and IV : 2. with a basal pale band and a pattern of pale scales
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: North of Mediterranean Sea : Albania ; Balearic Islands ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; France ; Greece ; Hungary ; Italy ; Kosovo ; Macedonia ; Malta ; Moldova ; Montenegro ; Portugal ; Romania ; Sardinia ; Serbia ; Sicily ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; Spain ; 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