Ochlerotatus punctor (Kirby in Richardson, 1837)
(a mosquito)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOchlerotatus punctor (a mosquito)
FamilyCULICIDAE (mosquitoes, gnats)
SuperfamilyCULICOIDEA (mosquitoes, gnats, meniscus & phantom midges)
InfraorderCulicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ochlerotatus punctor (a mosquito) :
1: Ochlerotatus punctor (a mosquito) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
18 Apr 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in flooded ditch
Image 1: Pupa - breathing at the surface - lateral viewImage 2: Pupa - breathing at the surface - lateral view (2)Image 3: Pupa - breathing at the surface - lateral view (3)Image 4: Pupa - breathing at the surface - lateral view (4)Image 5: Pupa - breathing at the surface - lateral view (5)Image 6: Pupa - breathing at the surface - lateral view - dark backgroundImage 7: Pupa - breathing at the surface - lateral view - dark background (2)Image 8: Pupa - lateral view
2: Ochlerotatus punctor (a mosquito)
18 Apr 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
final instar larva in flooded ditch
Image 1: Larva - breathing at the surface - dorsal viewImage 2: Larva - breathing at the surface - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Larva - breathing at the surface - dorsal view (3)Image 4: Larva - breathing at the surface - dorsal view (4)Image 5: Larva - breathing at the surface - dorsal view (5)Image 6: Larva - breathing at the surface - dorsal view (6)Image 7: Larva - breathing at the surface - dorsal view (7)Image 8: Larva - breathing at the surface - dorsal view (8)
3: Ochlerotatus punctor (a mosquito)
18 Apr 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in flooded ditch
Image 1: Dorsal view showing abdomenal scalesImage 2: Dorsal view- wings apartImage 3: Dorsal view - wings togetherImage 4: Dorsal view - wings together (2)Image 5: Head and proboscis - side viewImage 6: Head - side viewImage 7: Side viewImage 8: Thorax - dorsal viewImage 9: Thorax - side view
4: Ochlerotatus punctor (a mosquito)
18 Apr 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in flooded ditch
Image 1: Larva - dorsal viewImage 2: Larva - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Larva - dorsal view (3)Image 4: Larva - dorsal view (4)Image 5: Shed final instar larval skin - head capsuleImage 6: Shed final instar larval skin - head capsule (2)Image 7: Shed final instar larval skin - head capsule (3)Image 8: Shed final instar larval skin - tailImage 9: Shed final instar larval skin - anal segment with anal papillaeImage 10: Shed final instar larval skin - antennaImage 11: Shed final instar larval skin - bases of cratal hairsImage 12: Shed final instar larval skin - comb scalesImage 13: Shed final instar larval skin - hair basesImage 14: Shed final instar larval skin - hairsImage 15: Shed final instar larval skin - head capsuleImage 16: Shed final instar larval skin - mouthpartsImage 17: Shed final instar larval skin - pectenImage 18: Shed final instar larval skin - siphonal hairImage 19: Shed final instar larval skin - siphon with pectenImage 20: Shed final instar larval skin - siphon with pecten and siphonal hairImage 21: Shed final instar larval skin - tail end
5: Ochlerotatus punctor (a mosquito) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
15 Apr 1978 OSGR: SU82 51° 0’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Larva, reared.
Image 1: Larva - head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 2: Larva - lateral view - enlargedImage 3: Larva - lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 4: Larva - lateral view - enlarged (3)Image 5: Larva - ventral view - enlarged

Ochlerotatus punctor (a mosquito) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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