Culex poicilipes (L)
Culex poicilipes (Theobald, 1903)
Type-loc: Nigeria
The enlarged ventral valves of the siphon, the bent form of the siphon, as well as the very pointed teeth of the comb of the segment VIII are particularities of Culex poicilipes.
Culex poicilipes (L)
Culex poicilipes (L)
- 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 : 3. 3 branches ; 4. 4 or more branches
- THORAX: Number of branches of the prothoracic seta 3-P and 4-P : 2. one of the two setae 1 branch, the other seta 2 or more branches
Head
- HEAD: Colour of maxillary palpus : 1. entirely dark
- HEAD: Colour of proboscis : 5. with a clearly marked median pale ring
- 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 : 2. 2 branches ; 3. 3 or more branches
- HEAD: Number of branches of the seta 5-C : 3. 3 branches ; 4. 4 or more branches
- HEAD: Number of branches of the seta 14-C : 1. 1 branch
Thorax
- THORAX: Prespiracular and postspiracular setae : 1. prespiracular and postspiracular setae absent
- THORAX: Scutum's ornamentation : 1. without well-marked patterns
- THORAX: Prealar area's ornamentation : 1. without prealar scales ; 2. with at most 1 or 2 pale scales ; 3. with 1 pale scale patch
- THORAX: Lower mesepimeral seta : 1. without setae
- THORAX: Postspiracular area's ornamentation : 1. without scales
- THORAX: Number of branches of the prothoracic seta 8-P : 1. 1 branch ; 2. 2 branches
Wings
- 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
- WINGS and LEGS I - III: Culex or Coquillettidia : 2. wing scales narrow, pulvili present, claws smaller - Culex genus
Legs
- LEG I: Tibia's colour : 4. with small pale marks
- 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 : 5. with small pale marks
- LEG I: Colour of the scales on the coxa : 1. with a majority of pale scales
- LEG II: Tibia's colour : 5. with small pale marks
- LEG II: Colour of the external side of the femur : 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 ; 3. tarsomer clearly longer than tibia
- LEG III: Colour of femur : 3. with the basal half speckled with pale scales
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of tergite III - Cx : 1. entirely dark or with a few scatterred white scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 1. entirely dark
- 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 : 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 : 3. more than 5 basal denticles
- ABDOMEN: Length of seta 1a-S and the siphon's diameter : 2. seta is longer than 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 ; 3. 6 or more branches
- ABDOMEN: Siphon index (total length/diameter at base) : 2. from 3 to 4.5
- ABDOMEN: General shape of the siphon : 4. with curved sides
- ABDOMEN: Shape of the comb scales : 2. all with a median spine
- ABDOMEN: Arrangement of the comb scales : 1. in 1 or 2 rows
- ABDOMEN: Number of branches of the seta 6-VI : 3. 3 or more branches
- ABDOMEN: Number of branches of the seta 7-I : 2. 2 branches