Uranotaenia sapphirina (Osten Sacken, 1868)
Uranotaenia sapphirina: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/14637
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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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Uranotaenia sapphirina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Uranotaenia
Subgenus: Uranotaenia
Species:
U. sapphirina
Binomial name
Uranotaenia sapphirina
(Osten Sacken, 1868)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aedes sapphirina Osten Sacken, 1868
  • Uranotaenia coquilletti Dyar and Knab, 1906

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 earthworm and leeches.[4]

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  1. ^ a b "Uranotaenia sapphirina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Uranotaenia sapphirina". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)