A Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (8/15/2018).
A Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (8/15/2018).
A Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (8/4/2018). This is one of our smallest yet most striking mosquitoes.
Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Uranotaenia sapphirina in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/13/2018). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (8/4/2018).
A Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (8/4/2018). The line of blue scales down the middle of the thorax distinguishes this species from the closely related Uranotaenia lowii which ranges through the southeastern United States.
Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A male Uranotaenia sapphirina collected in a baited trap by the Maryland Department of Agriculture in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/5/2018).
A male Uranotaenia sapphirina collected in a baited trap by the Maryland Department of Agriculture in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/5/2018).
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Status
Breeds only in permanent bodies of standing water that support vegetation and receive sunlight.
Description
This is one of our smallest species of mosquito and is our only species with bright blue spots and stripes, which are only noticeable under good lighting conditions (J. Emm, pers. comm.).
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A Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (8/15/2018).
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A Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (8/4/2018). This is one of our smallest yet most striking mosquitoes.
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Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Uranotaenia sapphirina in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/13/2018). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (8/4/2018).
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A Uranotaenia sapphirina in Harford Co., Maryland (8/4/2018). The line of blue scales down the middle of the thorax distinguishes this species from the closely related Uranotaenia lowii which ranges through the southeastern United States.
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A male Uranotaenia sapphirina collected in a baited trap by the Maryland Department of Agriculture in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/5/2018).
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A male Uranotaenia sapphirina collected in a baited trap by the Maryland Department of Agriculture in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/5/2018).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Uranotaenia sapphirina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Uranotaenia |
| Subgenus: | Uranotaenia |
| Species: | U. sapphirina
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| Binomial name | |
| Uranotaenia sapphirina (Osten Sacken, 1868)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Uranotaenia sapphirina is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae.[1][2][3] It is a common species found throughout eastern North America. Uranotaenia sapphirina was found from an experiment to be unlike Uranotaenia lowii which feeds only on anurans (frogs and toads), instead feeding exclusively on annelid hosts such as earthworms and leeches.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Uranotaenia sapphirina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Uranotaenia sapphirina". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Uranotaenia sapphirina species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Reeves, Holderman, Blosser, Gillett-Kaufman, Kawahara, Kaufman, Burkett- Cadena (2018). "Identification of Uranotaenia sapphirina as a specialist of annelids broadens known mosquito host use patterns". Communications Biology. 1: 92. doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0096-5. PMC 6123777. PMID 30271973.
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