Some morphological characteristics of Culex deserticola, a recent addition to the Spanish fauna (Diptera: Culicidae)
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2002 |
Authors: | H. Cunha Ramos, Lucientes, J., Blasco-Zumeta, J., Oscar, J. J., Ribiero, H. |
Journal: | European Mosquito Bulletin |
Volume: | 12 |
Pagination: | 27-28 |
Date Published: | 05/2002 |
Abstract: | <p>Culex (Maillotia) deserticola Kirkpatrick, 1924, a widely distributed species throughout the southern Mediterranean Subregion, from Morocco to Iran and southwestern Asia, is recorded formally for the first time in Europe, Zaragoza area, Spain. A few notes on the taxonomy and ecology of this species are included and the male genitalia and details of the fore-, mid- and hindtarsi of the Zaragoza population are illustrated.</p> |