Aedes atropalpus (F)
Aedes atropalpus (Coquillett, 1902)
Type-loc: USA
Diagnostic characters for Aedes atropalpus are entirely dark palpus, entirely pale scaled tarsomere 5 on the hindleg and pale rings on the joints of legs.
Aedes atropalpus (F)
Aedes atropalpus (F)
Head
- HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not : 1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis ; 3. scutellum clearly trilobate
- HEAD: colour of maxillary palpus : 1. entirely dark
- HEAD: colour of proboscis : 1. entirely dark
Thorax
- THORAX: Prespiracular and postspiracular setae : 3. prespiracular setae absent postspiracular setae present - Aedes
- THORAX: colour of the scutum scales : 3. yellow, white and dark
- THORAX: scutum's ornamentation : 2. with continuous bands ; 4. with a large anterior patch
- 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 ; 2. other colors
Wings
- WING: general ornamentation of the wing : 3. with a thin line of pale scales on the costal vein base
- 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
- WING: ornamentation of the base (alula) : 1. with a fringe of scales
- WING: wing length from insertion to apex : ?
Legs
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 2 - Ae : 3. white at the base and apex
- 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 tarsomere 1 : 3. white at the base and apex
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 5 : 3. entirely white
- LEG III: colour of tibia : 3. with two pale rings (base + apex)
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: colour of the scales on the tergite : 5. with creamy white and dark scales
- ABDOMEN: Shape of the pale basal band of tergite IV : 1. with an even widh
- ABDOMEN: ornamentation of tergite IV : 4. only a basal pale band
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 2. with a basal pale band ; 7. with lateral pale patches