Culiseta

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Culiseta
Culiseta longiareolata
Culiseta longiareolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Tribe: Culisetini
Genus: Culiseta
Felt, 1904[1]
Species

Culiseta alaskaensis
Culiseta annulata
Culiseta bergrothi
Culiseta dyari
Culiseta impatiens
Culiseta incidens
Culiseta inornata
Culiseta inomata
Culiseta longiareolata
Culiseta melanura
Culiseta minnesotae
Culiseta morsitans
Culiseta particeps
Culiseta ochroptera
Culiseta subochrea
etc.

Most Culiseta are cold-adapted species which only occur in warmer climates during the colder parts of the year or at higher elevations where temperatures are low. The larvae of most species are found in ground waters such as bogs, marshes, ponds, streams, ditches, and rock-pools, but an African species occurs in tree-holes (phytotelma), a common eastern Palaearctic species occurs in water wells and rock-pools, and several Australian species occur underground. Little is known about the blood-feeding habits of females. Most species feed on birds and mammals, but a few feed on reptiles. Several species attack domestic animals and occasionally humans.[2]

[edit] Distribution

Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djbouti, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldovia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunesia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zaire, Zimbabwe.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Nematocera by Markku Savela (HTML). Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  2. ^ a b GENUS Culiseta. The Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.

[edit] External links

Wikispecies has information related to:
  1. Mosquitoes of California (HTML). Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  2. New Jersey's 63 Mosquitoes (HTML). New Jersey Mosquito Homepage. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  3. PAN Pesticides Database (HTML). Chemical Toxicity Studies on Aquatic Organisms. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  4. Fatma K. Adham (December 1982). "Establishment of a colony of the mosquito Culiseta longiareolata under laboratory conditions". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (CMLS) 38 (12): 1498–1499. PMID 1420682X. OCLC 14209071.