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Genus Culiseta

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Culicomorpha

Family Culicidae (Mosquitoes)

Genus Culiseta

Pronunciation

q-lih-seet-ah

Identification

Larva:

- head wider than long

- siphon with basal pair of ventral branched setae

Adult:

- blunt abdomen

- prespiracular setae present

- subcosta of wing with tuft of setae

Life Cycle

Overwinter as adults

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 26 December, 2005 - 6:03pm
Additional contributions by Omar Fahmy
Last updated 23 November, 2006 - 9:33am

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