Aedes aegypti (L)
Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)
Type-loc: Malaysia
The stout spines found at the basal part of meso and metathoracic setae are present in Ae. aegypti, Ae. albopictus, Ae. cretinus, Aedes koreicus and Ae. japonicus; they are stronger in Ae. aegypti. The comb scales are diagnostic.
This is an invasive species!
Aedes aegypti (L)
Aedes aegypti (L)
Aedes aegypti (F)
Head
- HEAD: colour of maxillary palpus : 2. dark at the base and pale at the apex
- HEAD: colour of proboscis : 1. entirely dark
- HEAD: Ornamentation of the antennal integument _ Ae : 1. smooth or very slightly spiculate
- HEAD: Localization of the antennal seta 1-A : 1. on the basal half ; 2. on the apical half
- HEAD: Number of branches on the antennal seta 1-A : 1. 1 branch
- HEAD; Branch number of seta 6-C : 1. 1 branch
Thorax
- THORAX: Prespiracular and postspiracular setae : 3. prespiracular setae absent postspiracular setae present - Aedes
- THORAX: colour of the scutum scales : 5. white and dark
- THORAX: scutum's ornamentation : 2. with continuous bands
- THORAX: metameron's ornamentation : 2. scale patch absent
- THORAX: postprocoxal area's ornamentation : 2. scale patch absent
- THORAX: prealar areas ornamentation - Ae : 3. with 1 pale scale patch
- THORAX: shape of the longitudinal lines : 2. lyre shaped lines
- THORAX: scutum's continuous bands : 1. dark with pale bands
- THORAX: Ornamentation of the insertion point of setae 11-M and 11-T : 2. insertion near a stout spine
Wings
- WING: colour of the scales on the wing veins : 1. dark scales only
- WING: Uranotaenia or not : 2. apex of anal vein ends after mcu/cuA fork ; 4. length of the R2+R3 vein is shorter than R2/R3
Legs
- LEG III: length of the basal ring of tarsomere 2 : 1. < half of the tarsomere length
- LEG I: tarsal claw's shape : ?
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 2 - Ae : 2. white at the base
- LEG I: Orthopodomyia or not : 2. tarsomere 4 is equal or longer than tarsomere 5 ; 4. length of tarsomere 1 is shorter than tarsomere 2 through 5
- LEG III: colour of tibia : 1. entirely dark
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: Shape of the pale basal band of tergite IV : 1. with an even widh
- ABDOMEN: ornamentation of tergite IV : 2. only lateral pale scales ; 4. only a basal pale band ; 5. a thin basal pale band
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 2. with a basal pale band ; 7. with lateral pale patches
- ABDOMEN: Respiratory aperture - Siphon : 2. opening at the apex of a cylindrical tube - siphon
- ABDOMEN: Siphonal tufts : 3. one pair of siphonal tuft inserted close to the middle or near the apex of the siphon - Aedes
- ABDOMEN: Abdominal plates : 1. abdominal plates absent
- ABDOMEN: Aspect of the setae other than 1-IV to 1-VII : 1. thin and supple
- ABDOMEN: Shape of the saddle : 3. open
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of the apicodistal side of segment X : 1. without spicules
- ABDOMEN: Shape of seta 9-S : ?
- ABDOMEN: Size of the siphon : 1. short ; 2. medium
- ABDOMEN: Shape of comb teeth on segment VIII : 1. median tooth clearly longer
- ABDOMEN: Aspect of the pecten teeth : 2. spine - like
- ABDOMEN: Arrangement of the pecten teeth on the siphon : 2. with 1 to 3 clearly isolated teeth
- ABDOMEN: Comb teeth number : 4. 17-20
- ABDOMEN: Anal gill's size and shape : 3. equal to or longer than the saddle length
- ABDOMEN: Precratal setae number : ?
- ABDOMEN: Insertion of the last pecten tooth : ?
- ABDOMEN: Arrangement of the comb teeth : 1. on 1 irregular row
- ABDOMEN: Insertion of the seta 1-S : 2. beyond the last pecten tooth
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: North of Mediterranean Sea : Albania ; Azores ; Balearic Islands ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Corsica ; France ; Greece ; Italy ; Portugal ; Sardinia ; Spain
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Mediterranean Sea : Azerbaijan ; Cyprus Island ; Georgia ; Israel ; Palestine ; Syria ; Turkey
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Mediterranean Sea : Algeria ; Canary Islands ; Egypt ; Libya ; Madeira ; Morocco ; Tunisia