Culiseta annulata

Culiseta annulata
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]} It is the first mosquito species to be spotted in the wild on Iceland. ^[4]

Ecology

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 ). ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN   81-205-0080-6 ISBN   81-205-0081-4
3. P.S. Cranston; C.D. Ramsdale; K.R. Snow; G.B. White (1987). Adults, Larvae, and Pupae of British Mosquitoes (Culicidae) A Key. Freshwater Biological Association. pp. 152 pp. ISBN   0-900386-46-0.
4. Adam, Darren (2025-10-20). "Mosquitoes arrive in Iceland - RÚV.is". RÚV. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
5. Razygraev, A. V. (2020). "A Comparative Study of Catalase Activity in Culiseta annulata (Schrank) and Culex pipiens L. (Diptera, Culicidae)" . Entomological Review. 100 (2): 162–169. Bibcode:2020EntRv.100..162R. doi:10.1134/S0013873820020037. ISSN   1555-6689.
6. Razygraev, A. V.; Sulesco, T. M. (2020). "The Use of the Bayes Factor for Identification of Culex pipiens and C. torrentium (Diptera: Culicidae) Based on Morphometric Wing Characters" . Entomological Review. 100 (2): 220–227. Bibcode:2020EntRv.100..220R. doi: 10.1134/S0013873820020104 . ISSN   1555-6689.

External links

• Images representing Culiseta at BOLD