Identification of Culex sp. (Adult)

1. All adult mosquito have empodium. However, Culex have both the empodium and well developed pulvilli at the T5. (p/s: Coquilettidia did not have pulvilli which help to differentiate with Culex).

2. Abdomen is blunt.

3. All Culex (Culex)

• Have white band at the center of the proboscis EXCEPT:
• Culex hutchinsoni
• Culex fuscocephale
• The abdomen is all dark colour
• Culex quinquefasciatus 
• The tergite's abdomen have white base and dark apical

• The thorax
• Without bristles at mesopimeron, if present very weak (~ 1-3 bristles)
• Broad and white scale at the sternumpleuron

Culex (Culex) spp.

• Abdomen part:
• the tergite have white base and dark apical

 4. Species of Culex:

• Culex quinquefasciatus

no centre white band at the proboscis

• Culex fuscocephale

No center white band at the tergite of the abdomen like Culex quinquifasciatus. The abdomen is all dark.

• Culex gelidus - 2/3 of the sputum cover with white scale.

Culex gelidus

• Culex vishnui
• Culex pseudovishnui
• Culex tritaeniorhyncus

Culex tritaeniorhyncus, upright fork scale are all balck. (Can't see clearly in this pictur)

 Culex tritaenioryhncus

 

 Culex pseudovishnui, upright fork scale are 80% all white.

 

Culex pseudovishnui, upright fork scale are 80% all white.

 

The culex pseudovishnui

 Culex vishnui, Culex pseudovishnui, Culex gelidus, Culex tritaeniorhyncus - These Culex species have white band at the center of their proboscis.

 

Culex vishnui, upright folk scale are black and white in the middle.

Culex vishnui

Identification of Anopheles spp. (Adult mosquitoes)

1. Anopheles mosquito is vector for malaria and filariasia (Wuchereria bancrofti).

2. Two important subgenera:
  - cellia --> Anopheles (cellia) maculatus
  - anopheles --> Anopheles (anopheles)

3. List of An. (cel) leucosphyrus group:-

   - An. cracens

   - An. latens

   - An. balabacensir

   - An. introlatus

   - An. hackeri

   - An. pujutensis

   - An. macarthuri

IDENTIFICATION OF Anopheles  mosquito.

THE WING...

 Wing part, the costa region. Have 3 dark bands/marks. Indicate the Anopheles (Anopheles)

 Wing part, costa region. Have 4 bands or more indicate the Anopheles (Celia).

FEMUR-TIBIAE OF THE ALL LEGS (FOR, MID AND HIND LEGS)

Speckled pale spot at the hind leg.

No speckled at the hind leg.

SPECKLED PALE SPOT AT THE FEMUR AND TIBIA OF ALL LEGS + BROAD WHITE BAND AT THE TIBIO-TARSAL JOINT AT THE HIND LEG --> Anopheles (Cellia) leucosphyrus

Anopheles (Cellia) leucosphyrus group

SPECKLED PALE SPOT AT FEMUR-TIBIAE OF ALL LEGS + NO BROAD WHITE BAND AT TIBIO-TARSAL JOINT OF THE HIND LEG.

SPECKLED PALE SPOT AT FEMUR-TIBIAE OF ALL LEGS + NO BROAD WHITE BAND AT TIBIO-TARSAL JOINT OF THE HIND LEG + PALPS WITH 3 PALE BANDS + DARK PROBOSCIS 

SPECKLED PALE SPOT AT FEMUR-TIBIAE OF ALL LEGS + NO BROAD WHITE BAND AT TIBIO-TARSAL JOINT OF THE HIND LEG + PALPS WITH  4 PALE BANDS +  OUTER HALF OF PROBOSCIS IS PALE.

SPECKLED PALE SPOT AT FEMUR-TIBIAE OF ALL LEGS + NO BROAD WHITE BAND AT TIBIO-TARSAL JOINT OF THE HIND LEG + PALPS WITH 3 PALE BANDS + DARK PROBOSCIS +  Hind tarsi with narrow pale bands and tarsus 5 is dark---> Anopheles (Cellia) sundaicus



SPECKLED PALE SPOT AT FEMUR-TIBIAE OF ALL LEGS + NO BROAD WHITE BAND AT TIBIO-TARSAL JOINT OF THE HIND LEG + PALPS WITH 3 PALE BANDS + DARK PROBOSCIS + Hind tarsi with broad white bands and tarsus 5 is white + Tarsus 3 and 4 each with central dark band ---> Anopheles (Cellia) maculatus


SPECKLED PALE SPOT AT FEMUR-TIBIAE OF ALL LEGS + NO BROAD WHITE BAND AT TIBIO-TARSAL JOINT OF THE HIND LEG + PALPS WITH 3 PALE BANDS + DARK PROBOSCIS + Hind tarsi with broad white bands and tarsus 5 is white + Tarsus 3 and 4 are white---> Anopheles (Cellia) ramsayi & Anopheles (Cellia) jamesii