Sciara humeralis
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Sciara humeralis (Image: Janet Graham, Flickr) |
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Sciara humeralis is a kind of mosquitoes within the family of fungus gnats (Sciaridae).
features
The mosquitoes have a body length of about three millimeters (males) or 4.5 millimeters (females). Her body is black-brown, the legs are slightly lighter in color. The buttons are dark, the holders are yellow. The thorax is lightly bristled. The antennae have a kidney-shaped flagellum. The first antennae is very elongated, the fourth is three times as long as it is wide in the males, and twice as long in the females. The rear wing veins are gray-black, the vein R1 ends above the M fork, the cross vein lies in front of the middle of R1. The M-handle only has bristles near the fork. The cubital veins are strongly curved and together have the shape of a cornucopia. The males have a strong hypopyg at the end of the abdomen , which has two strong end teeth on the inside.
Way of life and distribution
The animals are found in Central and Northern Europe as well as in Italy. The larvae develop in the soil of swamp meadows.
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ^ Sciara humeralis Zetterstedt 1851 Fauna Europaea, accessed December 12, 2009 .
literature
- Joachim Haupt, Hiroko Haupt: Flies and Mosquitoes. Observation, way of life . 1st edition. Naturbuch-Verlag, Jena and Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-89440-278-4 .