Same genus as Culex pipiens pallensCulex pipiensGroup, and Culex pipiensNominative subspeciesThey are very similar, but the main difference is that the protruding part of the inner leaf of the ventral part of the male stem is long and wide, in the form of leaves, and the end is blunt.AndCulex pipiens pallensThe difference is that the middle leaf end of the back of the lateral plate of the male stem is slightly pointed.Sinus eating beetles are similar to Culex pipiens.The esophageal sinus arch is developed, with a width of about 0.93mm.About 30 dorsal teeth of the sinus of food, short rod-shaped, blunt at the end;The middle teeth are usually 4, slightly longer, and the end is blunt;The ventral teeth are mastoid, with about 4 sharp ventral teeth arranged in a small cluster on both sides.The dorsal plate II-VII of the ventral segment has a light colored basal band, which forms a half moon shape, but the light colored basal band has a variation.
Female mosquito: medium mosquito.Head: the middle cover of the head is covered with light brown flat scales and vertical scales,
The back vertical scales are dark brown;The wide white scales on both cheeks extend to the back of the eyes to form narrow edges.The beak color is dark, and the ventral base half even color is light.The color of the lip is light.The tentacles are black, and the end of the 4th segment has white scales.Chest: there are several scales on the front and back of the chest;There is a small group of pale scales on the anterior thoracic lateral plate.The midthorax shield is light brown, with dark spots in the depression area, and the scales in the protrusion, upper wing and small shield front area are slightly light.The thoracic lateral plate is light brown, and there are two groups of light scales on the upper and lower rear edges of the midthoracic ventral lateral plate;There are a group of pale scales in the posterior part of the midthorax, which are parallel to the scales in the upper part of the ventral lateral plate of the midthorax, and several scales in the upper hair plexus.1 mane at the lower back of the middle chest.Wings: The scales of wings are dark and dense.[1]
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Culex quinquefasciatus lives in a "sewage type" environment and haunts at night. Walking at night is most likely to be bitten by such mosquitoes.Culex quinquefasciatus is also the "killer" of JE transmission.They are mainly active in urban areas.This mosquito is most common indoors.
