BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
CULICIDAE (mosquitoes, gnats)
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
 |
 |
 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Aedes (a genus of mosquitoes) | 2 | ||||
| Species | Aedes punctor (Kirby) (a mosquito) | 5 | 33 | 13 | ||
| Species | Aedes vexans (Meigen) (a mosquito) | 1 | ||||
| Genus | Culex (a genus of mosquitoes) | 1 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Eutaxa - electronic keys & reference collections: http://www.eutaxa.com (Electronic Identification Key to larvae, pupae and males (CD for sale)) | Web Site/Page |
| Coe, R.L., Freeman, P. & Mattingley, P.F., 1950 | Diptera: Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae |
| Snow, K.R., 1990 | Mosquitoes |
CULICIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:
|
BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
HEXAPODA (hexapods) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
NEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
CULICIDAE is associated with:
There may be taxa associated with Culicidae listed at higher taxonomic level
|
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
Associated with CULICIDAE:
| adult (floating) | floating adult may be infected by | Entomophthora conglomerata - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) | Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 | ||
| adult (live) | live adult may be infected by | Entomophthora culicis - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) | Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 |
Culicidae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
|
ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
NEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies) |
References
| Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 | Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato |
