Simulium ornatum
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| ( Meigen , 1818) |
Simulium ornatum is a two-winged bird from the family of black flies (Simuliidae).
features
The mosquitoes are four to five millimeters long. In the female, the tarsal claw is provided with a basal tooth and the first link of the tarsi of the forelegs is flat and wide. The second limb of the tarsi of the hind legs has a deep notch. The female mesonotum has a silver-colored horseshoe pattern. Half of the splints ( tibia ) of the hind legs are yellowish white in the female.
Occurrence and way of life
The animals are distributed from Western Europe to Kazakhstan.
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 .