| Culiseta annulata | |
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| Male specimen found in Trawscoed, North Wales | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Culiseta |
| Species: | C. annulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Culiseta annulata (Schrank, 1776) | |
Culiseta annulata is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae. It is found in the Palearctic. [1] [2] [3] On October 16th 2025 it became the first mosquito species with both male and females identified in Iceland. [4] [5]
Culiseta annulata overwinters in its adult stage. In Northern Europe, females of this species are found in caves from autumn to early spring together with females of genus Culex ( Culex pipiens , Culex torrentium , and Culex territans ). [6] [7]
In the Czech Republic the most frequent animals bitten by it are european fallow deer and red deer, however it also bites humans, sheep, other deer and pigs. [8]
Japanese encephalitis virus RNA has been detected in its saliva and it is a competent if inefficient vector of Tahyna virus. [9]