Culex territans is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae.
It is widely distributed in Europe. Culex territans is found in central Asia, northern Africa, Canada, and United States.
Accepted Name (and Source) Culex territans Walker, 1856 (UKSI)
Synonym (and Source) Culex apicalis authors, misident. (UKSI) Culex nematoides Dyar & Shannon, 1925 (UKSI)
Classification
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)
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
Culex territans overwinters in adult stage. In northern Europe, overwintering females are found in caves together with Culex pipiens, Culex torrentium, and Culiseta annulata.
Feeding behavior
The females predominantly feed on amphibians, especially frogs.
References
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
External links
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