Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which Culicidae?

Posted by Ira Orlicek on 14-09-2018 12:14
#1
Hallo!

Grein/Upper Austria, newly built pond 10.9.2018 - ca. 5mm

LG Ira

Posted by Tony Irwin on 14-09-2018 12:28
#2
Anopheles "maculipennis complex" - unable to say which species from larval or adult morphology.

Posted by Ira Orlicek on 14-09-2018 14:04
#3
Thanks
Ira

Posted by atylotus on 14-09-2018 17:48
#4
In my opinion An.claviger cannot be excluded without a detailed photo of the head. So Anopheles spec. it is.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 14-09-2018 20:35
#5
Generally I find that 4th instar claviger have a larger, more transverse central head spot, but I'm not sure that applies to younger larvae. As this one is only 5mm, I guess it could be an earlier instar, so we had best go with Anopheles sp. Smile
On the other hand, the fact that this is a newly-built pond suggests it may be as yet unshaded, [Ira can tell us] in which case I think maculipennis complex is more likely to colonise. Wink

Posted by Ira Orlicek on 14-09-2018 23:55
#6
The pond is unshaded. There are no plants in the pond and only a few small plants around the pond.

Ira