The Mosquitoes of Israel and Surrounding Areas : : An Illustrated Guide / / Heather J. Bromley-Schnur.

• VerfasserIn: Bromley-Schnur, Heather J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Wageningen, Netherlands : : Wageningen Academic Publishers,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (147 pages)

Israel is situated at the crossroad of Europe, Africa and Asia. The mosquito species found in the region reflect that fact and species known from all three continents have been recorded in Israel. The first part of the book comprises illustrated keys to adults and larvae of all 46 species which have...

Table of Contents

• Intro
• THE MOSQUITOES OF ISRAEL AND SURROUNDING AREAS
• Copyright
• Table of contents
• Introduction
• Taxonomic note
• A note on the keys and the morphological terms used
• Key to genera of Culicidae in Israel: adult females
• Key to adult females of the genus Anopheles
• Key to adult females of the genus Aedes
• Key to adult females of the genus Coquillettidia
• Key to adult females of the genus Culex
• Key to adult females of the genus Culiseta
• Key to adult females of the genus Uranotaenia
• Notes on some anatomical terms used in the larval keys
• Key to genera of Culicidae in Israel: fourth-instar larvae
• Key to larvae of species of the genus Anopheles
• Key to larvae of species of the genus Aedes
• Key to larvae of species of the genus Coquillettidia
• Key to larvae of species of the genus Culex
• Key to larvae of species of the genus Culiseta
• Key to larvae of species of the genus Uranotaenia
• Distribution and habitat data of Israeli mosquitoes
• Genus Anopheles Meigen
• Subgenus Anopheles Meigen
• Subgenus Cellia Theobald
• Genus Aedes Meigen
• Subgenus Acartomyia Theobald
• Subgenus Dahliana Reinart, Harbach and Kitching
• Subgenus Ochlerotatus Lynch Arribálzaga
• Subgenus Stegomyia Theobald
• Genus Coquillettidia Dyar
• Subgenus Coquillettidia Dyar
• Genus Culex Linnaeus
• Subgenus Barraudius Edwards
• Subgenus Culex Linnaeus
• Subgenus Lasiosiphon Kirkpatrick
• Subgenus Maillotia Theobald
• Subgenus Neoculex Dyar
• Genus Culiseta Felt
• Subgenus Allotheobaldia Brolemann
• Subgenus Culicella Felt
• Subgenus Culiseta Felt
• Genus Uranotaenia Lynch Arribalzaga
• Subgenus Pseudoficalbia Theobald
• Selected distribution maps
• 100 years of mosquito records
• References
• Appendices
• Appendix 1. Old and current names of mosquitoes in Israel.
• Appendix 2. Some anatomical terms, old and new
• Appendix 3. Old and current names of various localities
• Appendix 4. Quick identification of common mosquitoes
• Acknowledgements.