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Insecta:  Diptera

CULICIDAE - (Mosquitoes)

Subfamily: Culicinae - Genera

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[Representative Species For This Section]

 

 

1.  The wing's squama is fringed, usually entirely.  The anal vein (#6) extends beyond the cubital fork base (fork of Vein #5)   _ _ 4

 

The squama is bare (Fig. 1) or it has only 1-2 short hairs.  The 2nd marginal cell (R-2) is shorter than its stem.  The anal vein (#6)

           ends almost opposite of the cubital fork (fork of Vein #5)  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2

 

2.   The wing membrane does not have microtrichia.  Marginal cell #2 (R-2) is shorter than its stem.  Anal vein (#6) ends almost

          opposite the base of fork of Vein #5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Uranotaenia spp Lyn. Arrib.

 

      Wing membrane has definite microstrichia  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3

 

3.  The second marginal wing cell is shorter than its stem.  There are several posterior pronotal bristles.  Wing scales are not

           emarginate at their tips (one Asian species) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Zeugonomyia sp. Leicest.

 

      The second marginal cell is longer than its stem.  There are two posterior pronotal bristles.  Wing scales emarginate at tips

           (origin in Africa, India and the South Pacific) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  Hodgesia spp. Theobald

 

4.  Pulvilli are present.  The pleural chaetotaxy is well developed.  Spiracular and postspiracular bristles are absent  _ _ _ _ _ _  5

 

     Pulvilli absent or rudimentary.  The spiracular &  postspiracular bristles may both be present or only one set may occur   _ _ 6

 

5.  The antennae are a lot longer than the proboscis.  The 1st flagellar segment of the antenna is as long as several of the following

       segments combined.  Antennae similar for both sexes but never very hairy (origin Caribbean) _ _Deinocerites spp. Theobald

 

      Antennae are not much longer then the proboscis (Fig. 2).  The 1st flagellar segment is not as long as several of the following

           segments combined (Fig. 3).  Male antennae are hairy and different from the female (Fig. 4) (cosmopolitan species) _ _

          _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Culex nigripalpus, _ _ Culex spp. Linnaeus

 

6.  There are no postspiracular bristles present.  The female claws are usually simple, save in Haemagogus spp._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  7

 

      Postspiracular bristles but sometimes only one or two.  Female claws usually have teeth.  The dorsocentrals and upper

        sternopleurals are mostly well developed  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13

 

7.  Spiracular bristles are present but sometimes only one or two  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Culiseta spp. Theobald

 

      Spiracular bristles are not present _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  8

 

8.  The pronotal lobes almost touch dorsally.  There are no dorsocentral nor prescutellar bristles present _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   Haemagogus spp. Williston

 

     The pronotal lobes are well separated.  The dorsocentral and prescutellar bristles are well developed  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  9

 

9.   Scales exist in the postspiracular area.  Female claws regularly have teeth.  Female palpi are more than 1/2 as long as the

         proboscis  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _Armigeres spp. Theobald

 

      Scales are absent in the postspiracular area.  Female claws are simple.  Female palpi are not 1/2 as long as the proboscis  _  _ 10

 

10.  All the female antennal segments and the final two of male antennae are short and thick.  A scale tuft occurs on the middle femur

            _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  Aedeomyia spp. Theobald

 

       Both male and female antennae are slender, and the middle femur does not have a scale tuft _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  11

 

11.  The first segment of the front tarsus is longer then the final four combined.  The 4th segment is very short:  only as long as

           wide.  The mesonotum usually has narrow longitudinal lines of silvery-white scales _ _ _ _Orthopodomyia spp. Theobald

 

       The first segment of the front tarsus is not as long as the final four.  The 4th segment is not as long as wide_ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ 12

 

12.  The male proboscis is very swollen apically.  The female proboscis is only slightly swollen or else the 2nd marginal wing cell

            is shorter than its stem  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  Ficalbia spp. Theobald

 

       Neither male nor female proboscis is swollen apically.  The 2nd marginal cell is as long as its stem (Fig. 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

            _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(partly) Mansonia uniformis,  Mansonia spp. Blanchard

 

13.  Spiracular bristles are present, but sometimes there are only 1 or 2 (origin Americas)_ _ _ _ Psorophara spp. Rb.-Desvoidy

 

       No spiracular bristles are present _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _14

 

14.  The eyes are widely separated.  The space between and back of the eyes has metalic silvery scales (African species) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

         _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Eretmapodites spp. Theobald

 

        The eyes are not as widely separated but almost touch.  The space tween and back of the eyes is free of scales   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15

 

15.  Most wing scales are narrow, but if broad the female's claws have teeth _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16

 

       Wing scales are very broad (Fig. 5) and the female claws are not toothed  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (partly) Mansonia spp. Blanchard

 

16.  The proboscis slender & not curved at  tip when at rest (Fig. 6).  Integumental patterns vary (Fig. 7)  _  Aedes spp. Meigen

 

       The proboscis is stout, curved at its tip when at rest.  The species are dark with flat scales on the vertex and scutellum _ _ _ _ _

            _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Armigeres spp. Theobald

 

 

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EXPANDED CULICIDAE KEYS

 

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 Key References:     <medvet.ref.htm>    <Hexapoda>

 

     Matheson, R. 1950.  Medical Entomology.  Comstock Publ. Co, Inc.  610 p.

      Service, M.  2008.  Medical Entomology For Students.  Cambridge Univ. Press.  289 p

      Legner, E. F.  1995.  Biological control of Diptera of medical and veterinary importance.  J. Vector Ecology 20(1): 59_120.

      Legner, E. F..  2000.  Biological control of aquatic Diptera.  p. 847_870.  Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera,

          Vol. 1, Science  Herald, Budapest.  978 p.