Culex territans explained

Culex territans is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae.^{[1] [2]}

It is widely distributed in Europe. Culex territans is found in central Asia, northern Africa, Canada, and United States.^[3]

Accepted Name (and Source)

Culex territans Walker, 1856 (UKSI)

Synonym (and Source)

Culex apicalis authors, misident. (UKSI) Culex nematoides Dyar & Shannon, 1925 (UKSI)

Classification

unranked - Biota

kingdom - Animalia

phylum - Arthropoda

subphylum - Hexapoda

class - Insecta

order - Diptera

infraorder - Culicomorpha

superfamily - Culicoidea

family - Culicidae

genus - Culex

species - Culex territans

Data sets (and Records)

• Mosquito Recording Scheme - Biological Records Centre - (18)
• Bringing Reedbeds to Life Invertebrate Survey of three key reedbed sites in England in 2009, 2010 - Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (4)
• BRERC species records from all years at full resolution excluding Notable Species within the last 10 years - Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre (2)
• Welsh Invertebrate Database (WID) - Natural Resources Wales (1)
• Shropshire Ecological Data Network database - Shropshire Ecological Data Network (1)

Ecology

Culex territans overwinters in adult stage. In northern Europe, overwintering females are found in caves together with Culex pipiens, Culex torrentium, and Culiseta annulata.^[4]

Feeding behavior

The females predominantly feed on amphibians, especially frogs.

References

• Richard F. Jr. Darsie, Ronald A. Ward, Chien C. Chang, Taina Litwak. (2004). Identification and Geographical Distribution of the Mosquitoes: of North America, North of Mexico. University Press of Florida.

Further reading

• Book: Ross H. Arnett. 30 July 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 978-0-8493-0212-1.

External links

• Diptera.info
• https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS0000011598#sequences
• http://vectorbio.rutgers.edu/outreach/species/terr.htm
• https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/86824
• https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=126501#null
• https://eol.org/pages/740681
• https://www.gbif.org/species/1653175
• http://bioinfo-web.mpl.ird.fr/identiciels/moskeytool_V2/html/taxa/Culex_territans_F_.html

Notes and References

1. Web site: Culex territans Species Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-01.
2. Web site: Culex territans Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-01.
3. Book: Becker. Norbert. Mosquitoes and Their Control. Petric. Dusan. Zgomba. Marija. Boase. Clive. Madon. Minoo. Dahl. Christine. Kaiser. Achim. 2010-08-18. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-3-540-92874-4. en.
4. 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. en. 100. 2. 220–227. 10.1134/S0013873820020104. 219554848. 1555-6689.