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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Mosquitoes (Culicidae) » Anopheles » Anopheles punctipennis
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Anopheles? - Anopheles punctipennis
Copyright © 2009 Ken Schneider

Anopheles? - Anopheles punctipennis
Alum Rock Park, Santa Clara County, California, USA
August 23, 2009
Size: ~ 5 mm
Found this ? male mosquito in the public bathroom (!). Unfortunately, all of the images are over-exposed - feel free to frass if appropriate. Maybe Anopheles?

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 23 August, 2009 - 9:29pm
Last updated 7 February, 2016 - 10:17am

Moved
Moved from Anopheles.
… Sean McCann, 26 August, 2009 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

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I think it is an An. punctipennis. I was confused because the basal portions of the costa looked too light-colored. I think it is just that they are a little washed out.
… Sean McCann, 26 August, 2009 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Yeah - my camera has a hard time with bugs in dark places... Appreciate your help!
… Ken Schneider, 26 August, 2009 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anopheles franciscanus.

Sorry - prematurely moved to species page based on tentative ID. Will leave at genus page until you've had time to look at these... I was not able to collect this mosquito and don't have more images, unfortunately.
… Ken Schneider, 24 August, 2009 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

 
I will try to get to the bott
I will try to get to the bottom of this one. I do not have access to a collection anymore, so it is a little bit more tedious now. It just doesn't look like punctipennis to me, but that could be because it is overexposed. I doubt it could be pseudopuntipennis. Range does not agree. I will let you know.
… Sean McCann, 24 August, 2009 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mosquitoes.
… Ken Schneider, 24 August, 2009 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

 
I need to hold off on confirm
I need to hold off on confirming that ID. It is a bit overexposed...I will move it to the genus page for now. Thanks for making the species page!
… Sean McCann, 24 August, 2009 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

?
what is this? It looks to me like Anopheles franciscanus. or Anopheles pseudopunctipennis. I do not have much experience with the western anopheles...I am getting to this one....
By the way, it definitely is Anopheles.
… Sean McCann, 24 August, 2009 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies. Thanks, John - I wasn't completely sure of the family, but I guess you are confirming that level...
… Ken Schneider, 24 August, 2009 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

Move to family
The mosquito experts notice mosquitoes more often if they are posted to the family page.
… John F. Carr, 24 August, 2009 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

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