Antocha ramulifera (lat.) Is a species of mosquitoes from the genus Antocha of the subfamily Limoniinae ( Limoniidae ). Russia , Primorsky Krai , Khasansky District , Kedrovaya Pad Reserve , deciduous forests. Summer in June and July [1] .
| Antocha ramulifera |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetric |
| Hoard : | Insects with full transformation |
| Suborder : | Long-faced Diptera |
| Infrastructure : | Tipulomorpha |
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| International Scientific Name |
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Antocha ramulifera Savchenko , 1983 |
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Content
Small mosquitoes brownish black. The body length of males is 6 mm (wings - 7 mm), females (6-7.5 mm, their wings are 7-8 mm). Wings are blackish. The body is elongated, the legs are long, thin. Simple eyes and spurs are missing. Antennae of females and males are long 16-segmented. The wings are wide with an almost right anal angle; the vein R branches off from the radial sector Rs almost at an acute angle. Imago inhabit the shores of stony and fleeting reservoirs and waterfalls. Pupae and larvae ( hydrobionts and rheophiles ) live in reservoirs in silk covers (among moss and algae on underwater stones and rocks), breathe with the entire surface of the body. The species was first described in 1983 by the Soviet entomologist Evgeny Nikolaevich Savchenko [1] [2] .