Coquillettidia richiardii (F)
Coquillettidia richiardii (Ficalbi, 1889)
Type-loc: Italy
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 richiardii (F)
Coquillettidia richiardii (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 : 4. dark apex and pale basal half
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 : 8. mixture of pale and dark scales on veins
- WING: Colour of the scales on the wing veins : 2. pale scales only along the costal margin ; 3. mixed dark and pale scales on all the veins
- WING: Number of pale marks on the costal margin : 1. without spots
- 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 : 4. between 4,1 - 4,5 mm ; 5. between 4,6 - 5 mm ; 6. longer than 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 : 2. white at the base ; 6. scatered with pale scales
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 5 : 2. two coloured ; 3. entirely white
- LEG III: Colour of tibia : 7. specled, in the median area at least
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 : 8. almost completely covered with pale scales
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: West of Western Palaearctic Region : Albania ; Austria ; Belgium ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; Denmark ; Estonia ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Hungary ; Ireland ; Italy ; Kaleningrad ; Latvia ; Lithuania ; Luxembourg ; Macedonia ; Montenegro ; Netherlands ; Poland ; Portugal ; Romania ; Sardinia ; Serbia ; Sicily ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; Spain ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; United Kingdom
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Western Palaearctic Region : Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; Belarus ; Crimean Peninsula ; Moldova ; Russia - Northwestern ; Russia - Western - Central ; Russia - Western - Volga ; Russia - Southwestern ; Syria ; Turkey ; Ukraine
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Western Palaearctic Region : Algeria ; Morocco