Culiseta fumipennis (F)
Culiseta fumipennis (Stephens, 1921)
Type-loc: UK
Culiseta fumipennis, Culiseta litorea and Culiseta morsitans are very similar species. On Culiseta morsitans tarsomere 4 of the hindleg is entirely dark, while other 2 species have a basal pale ring. Culiseta fumipennis has scattered pale scales on the palpi while other 2 species have only some pale scales on the apex.
Culiseta fumipennis (F)
Culiseta fumipennis (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 : ?
- 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 : 1. without well-marked patterns
- THORAX: Scutum's ornamentation - Cs : 3. without a distinctive pattern
Wings
- WING: General ornamentation of the wing : 1. entirely dark
- 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 : 1. entirely dark, at most with a small apical ring
- LEGS I - III: Ornamentation of tarsomere 1 : 1. entirely dark, at most with 2 pale rings (basal and apical) ; 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 : 1. entirely dark, at most with 2 pale rings (basal and apical) ; 6. scatered with pale scales
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 4 : 3. with a pale basal ring
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 5 : 2. two coloured
- LEG III: Colour of tibia : 7. specled, in the median area at least
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: Colour of the scales on the tergite : 5. with creamy white and dark scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 2. with a basal pale band
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of tergites III and IV : 1. with a basal pale band
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: West of Western Palaearctic Region : Albania ; Belgium ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; Croatia ; Denmark ; Estonia ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Hungary ; Italy ; Macedonia ; Netherlands ; Norway ; Poland ; Portugal ; Romania ; Sardinia ; Serbia ; Spain ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; United Kingdom
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Western Palaearctic Region : Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; Belarus ; Crimean Peninsula ; Georgia ; Russia - Northwestern ; Russia - Western - Central ; Russia - Western - Volga ; Russia - Southwestern ; Syria ; Turkey ; Ukraine
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Western Palaearctic Region : Algeria ; Morocco ; Tunisia