Culex sp.
This photograph corresponds to a record of Culex sp. made in Centro, CABA, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina on 21/09/2021. The photograph was published by Mercedes Villca Sanjines and is part of the EcoRegistros biodiversity database.
Author's comments:
El mosquito adulto, presenta el cuerpo dividido en cabeza, tórax y abdomen. Al pertenecer al Orden Diptera, posee un par de alas funcionales de tipo membranoso y un par muy reducido tipo halterios o balancines, que actúan como órganos para el equilibrio durante el vuelo.
Presenta ojos compuestos. Posee antenas plumosas, relativamente más cortas en las hembras. La cabeza porta un aparato bucal suctor-picador. En el caso de la hembra, es empleado para la hematofagia.
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Record
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum / Division: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Scientific name: | Culex sp. |
| English Name: | |
| Spanish Name: | Mosquito Común |
| Portuguese Name: | |
| Sex: | Female |
| Life stage: | Adult |
| Registration date: | 21/09/2021 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Province / Department: | Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires |
| Location or protected area: | CABA |
| Detailed location: | Centro |
| Coordinates - Detailed location: | -34.603723, -58.381593 |
| Location accuracy: | Medium |
| Belonging: | Native |
| Condition: | Wild |
| Certainty: | Heard, Photographed |
| Reproduction information: | No |
| Injured or dead: | Yes |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | |
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| Photography ID: | 476218 View Full Record |
| Publication date: | 12/24/2021 22:02:34 |
