big mosquito - Anopheles walkeri

by the process of elimination

of new england mosquitos which are, An. barberi, An. crucians, An. punctipennis, An. quadrimaculatus, and An. walkeri, only two have banded probosci An crucians and An. walkeri. Sean was right this is isnt an An crucians because the dark and plae spots would be well defined. also, like he said this is something along the lines of An. quadrimaculatus (but not it because of the rings). the close relative is An. walkeri.

so after all this rambling, i would throw this in An. walkeri. if you choose to move it, ill give you some info for the guide page

… Omar Fahmy, 23 June, 2006 - 7:43am

An. walkeri

Moved to a new guide page. Thanks again Omar.

… tom murray, 23 June, 2006 - 12:15pm

some info

ID: proboscis dark scaled and palpi have pale apical rings. scutum is dark brown with golden brown setae. abdomen varies from dark brown to tan. legs are dark scaled with pale apical scales at the femur and tibia.

larvae are in marshes and edges of ponds with floating debris. it is the only anopheles in new england that overwinters as an egg. prefers mammls and is multivoltine. usually collected from june to october.

… Omar Fahmy, 23 June, 2006 - 3:51pm

Sorry if this one doesn't work either

According to my book, An. crucians should have a pale spot on the wingtip. The anal vein should have 3 dark spots.
http://www.mosquito-va.org/anopheles__crucians.htm
I am thinking ths is more along the lines of An. quadimaculatus or one like that with less ornate wings..
-Sean McCann

-Sean McCann

triatoma.blogspot.com

… Sean McCann, 20 May, 2006 - 10:58pm

yeah..

… Omar Fahmy, 21 May, 2006 - 7:22am

you look closely on the right wing tip you will see a pale spot..

… Omar Fahmy, 20 May, 2006 - 11:31pm

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Don't forget crucians would need pale scaled spots sub-apically on all the R's, M's and Cu's. The defining character of that species complex is the three dark spots on vein A, whick we cannot see.
I would leave it in the genus unless there are more photos coming.
-Sean McCann

triatoma.blogspot.com

… Sean McCann, 21 May, 2006 - 4:22am

fo show!

fo show! but it cant be An. quadrimaculatus becuase this girl has banded palpi and a banded proboscis, An. quadrimaculatus have an all dark proboscis

… Omar Fahmy, 21 May, 2006 - 7:15am

Sorry if this one doesn't work either

According to my book,

… Sean McCann, 20 May, 2006 - 10:58pm

6 mm? thats pretty big

im going to go ahead say this is an Anopheles crucians

reasons:
first it looks like the palpi are as long as the proboscis which make it an Anopholes.

i can say with few doubts that it is A. crucians because:

1. each segment of the palpi and proboscis have pale apical rings
2. brownish scutum has pair of yelow scaled stripes
3. the legs are dark except for the light apical scales on the femur and tibia.

ill ask you if you have any swamps or ponds or sphagnum bogs around where you found the mosquito

ill wait for Sean though. also if you have other shots of the wings and the abdomen without the wings in the way i would ask you to post them.

… Omar Fahmy, 20 May, 2006 - 10:39pm

location

The Nashua River runs through this area, the Oxbow NWR, and it's a forest with sphagnum bogs, swamps and ponds. This was the only picture I managed to get of this msquito.

… tom murray, 20 May, 2006 - 11:56pm

trying one last time

According to my book,

… Sean McCann, 20 May, 2006 - 10:51pm

damn comment bug is happening again

According to my book,

… Sean McCann, 20 May, 2006 - 10:49pm

I dunno

According to my book,

… Sean McCann, 20 May, 2006 - 10:48pm

I dunno

According to my book,

… Sean McCann, 20 May, 2006 - 10:47pm

Anopheles

It is an Anopheles of some sort, but I am not sure which.
You can see the long palps, the overall slender, long-legged appearance, and the waxy appearing bloom on the thorax (the last character is just how I describe it. You won't find that in books).
-Sean McCann

triatoma.blogspot.com

… Sean McCann, 20 May, 2006 - 10:34pm

trying again

According to my book,

… Sean McCann, 20 May, 2006 - 10:50pm