Culiseta annulata

Culiseta annulata is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae. It is found in the Palearctic.^[1][2][3] In 2025 it became the first mosquito species with both male and females identified in Iceland.^{[4] [5]}

Culiseta annulata
Male specimen found in Trawscoed, North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Culiseta
Species:	C. annulata
Binomial name
Culiseta annulata (Schrank, 1776)

Ecology

Culiseta annulata overwinters in its adult stage. In Northern Europe, females of this species are found in caves from autumn to early spring together with females of genus Culex (Culex pipiens, Culex torrentium, and Culex territans).^[6][7]

Vector potential

In the Czech Republic the most frequent animals bitten by it are european fallow deer and red deer, however it also bites humans, sheep, other deer and pigs.^[8]

Japanese encephalitis virus RNA has been detected in its saliva and it is a competent if inefficient vector of Tahyna virus.^[9]