Culex territans

Species of fly

Culex territans

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Diptera
Family:  | Culicidae
Genus:  | Culex
Species:  |

C. territans

Binomial name
Culex territans

Walker, 1856

Synonyms

* Culex frickii Ludlow, 1906
* Culex saxatilis Grossbeck, 1905

Culex territans is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae.[1][2]

It is widely distributed in Europe. Culex territans is found in central Asia, northern Africa, Canada, and United States.[3]

## Accepted Name (and Source)[edit]

Culex territans Walker, 1856 (UKSI)

## Synonym (and Source)[edit]

Culex apicalis authors, misident. (UKSI) Culex nematoides Dyar & Shannon, 1925 (UKSI)

## Classification[edit]

unranked - Biota

kingdom - Animalia

phylum - Arthropoda

subphylum - Hexapoda

class - Insecta

order - Diptera

infraorder - Culicomorpha

superfamily - Culicoidea

family - Culicidae

genus - Culex

species - Culex territans

## Data sets (and Records)[edit]

* Mosquito Recording Scheme - Biological Records Centre - (18)

* Bringing Reedbeds to Life Invertebrate Survey of three key reedbed sites in England in 2009, 2010 - Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (4)

* BRERC species records from all years at full resolution excluding Notable Species within the last 10 years - Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre (2)

* Welsh Invertebrate Database (WID) - Natural Resources Wales (1)

* Shropshire Ecological Data Network database - Shropshire Ecological Data Network (1)

## Ecology[edit]

Culex territans overwinters in adult stage. In northern Europe, overwintering females are found in caves together with Culex pipiens, Culex torrentium, and Culiseta annulata.[4]

## Feeding behavior[edit]

The females predominantly feed on amphibians, especially frogs.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Culex territans Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
2. ^ "Culex territans Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
3. ^ a b Becker, Norbert; Petric, Dusan; Zgomba, Marija; Boase, Clive; Madon, Minoo; Dahl, Christine; Kaiser, Achim (18 August 2010). Mosquitoes and Their Control. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-3-540-92874-4.
4. ^ Razygraev, A. V.; Sulesco, T. M. (2020). "The Use of the Bayes Factor for Identification of Culex pipiens and C. torrentium (Diptera: Culicidae) Based on Morphometric Wing Characters". Entomological Review. 100 (2): 220–227. doi:10.1134/S0013873820020104. ISSN 1555-6689. S2CID 219554848.

* Richard F. Jr. Darsie, Ronald A. Ward, Chien C. Chang, Taina Litwak. (2004). Identification and Geographical Distribution of the Mosquitoes: of North America, North of Mexico. University Press of Florida.

## Further reading[edit]

* Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.

## External links[edit]

* Diptera.info

* https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS0000011598#sequences

* http://vectorbio.rutgers.edu/outreach/species/terr.htm

* https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/86824

* https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=126501#null

* https://eol.org/pages/740681

* https://www.gbif.org/species/1653175

* http://bioinfo-web.mpl.ird.fr/identiciels/moskeytool_V2/html/taxa/Culex_territans_F_.html

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q13854408
* BioLib: 118261
* BOLD: 14292
* BugGuide: 60953
* CoL: 8837H
* EoL: 740681
* EUNIS: 138668
* Fauna Europaea: 134999
* Fauna Europaea (new): 99af9168-6d3c-460d-80c3-a9203f0da93c
* GBIF: 1653175
* iNaturalist: 372340
* IRMNG: 10132933
* ITIS: 126501
* NatureServe: 2.895983
* NBN: NBNSYS0000011598
* NCBI: 42431

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