Culiseta litorea (L)
Culiseta litorea (Shute, 1928)
Type-loc: UK
Impossible to differentiate from Cs. morsitans, but Cs. litorea breeds in more salted waters, and it is only present on the Atlantic and occidental Mediterranean coasts.
Culiseta litorea (L)
Culiseta litorea (L)
Head
- HEAD: Branch number of seta 6-C : 2. 2 or 3 branches
- HEAD: Branch number of seta 5-C : 2. 2 or 3 branches
- HEAD: Position of the setae 4-C and 5-C : 2. space between 4-C setae < space between 5-C
- HEAD: Ornamentation of the antennal integument : 2. clearly spiculate
- HEAD: Size of the antenna and antennal seta 1-A : 2. long antenna and 1-A clearly noticable
Thorax
Wings
Legs
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: Respiratory aperture - Siphon : 2. opening at the apex of a cylindrical tube - siphon
- ABDOMEN: Siphonal tufts : 2. one pair of siphonal tuft inserted at the base of the siphon - Culiseta
- ABDOMEN: Siphon's length and shape : 3. long (L > 4)
- ABDOMEN: Extension of the pecten : 1. less than 1/3 of the siphon length
- ABDOMEN: Culiseta litorea or Culiseta morsitans : 2. pecten on basal 1/3 of the siphon - Culiseta litorea
- ABDOMEN: Pecten's ornamentation : 1. with spines only
- ABDOMEN: Abdominal plates : 1. abdominal plates absent