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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Mosquitoes (Culicidae) » Culicini » Culex » Western Encephalitis Mosquito (Culex tarsalis)
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Western Encephalitis Mosquito - Culex tarsalis - male
Copyright © 2018 Jim Moore

Western Encephalitis Mosquito - Culex tarsalis - Male
In Westwood - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
October 15, 2011
ID for this specimen was provided by BOLD Systems. DNA for this specimen is a solid match with many specimens of species Culex tarsalis.

See here for Culex tarsalis species page at BOLD Systems:
And here for BOLD's Public Data Portal - BIN Page.
And here for this specimen's DNA Record Page at BOLD Systems.

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 17 January, 2018 - 9:36pm

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