Aedes koreicus (L)
Aedes koreicus (Edwards, 1917)
Type-loc: Korea
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.
Absence of the detached simple pecten spines and the complex form of the apical spines on the saddle in Ae koreicus are diagnostic characters that separate this species from Ae. japonicus.
This is an invasive species!
Aedes koreicus (L)
Aedes koreicus (F) fix the thorax characters
Head
- HEAD: colour of maxillary palpus : 1. entirely dark
- HEAD: colour of proboscis : 1. entirely dark
- HEAD: Ornamentation of the antennal integument _ Ae : 2. distinctly 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 : 2. 2 branches
- HEAD; Branch number of seta 6-C : 3. 3 branches or more
Thorax
- THORAX: Prespiracular and postspiracular setae : 3. prespiracular setae absent postspiracular setae present - Aedes
- THORAX: colour of the scutum scales : 4. yellow 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: scutum's continuous bands : 2. other colors
- 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 ; 2. pale scales only along the costal margin
- 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 : 1. spines not parallel, the first one regularly curved
- 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: ornamentation of tergite IV : 2. only lateral pale scales
- 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 : 2. with spicules
- ABDOMEN: Shape of seta 9-S : 1. short and slightly curved
- ABDOMEN: Size of the siphon : 2. medium
- ABDOMEN: Shape of comb teeth on segment VIII : 3. without any median teeth
- ABDOMEN: Aspect of the pecten teeth : 2. spine - like
- ABDOMEN: Arrangement of the pecten teeth on the siphon : 1. without any clearly isolated teeth
- ABDOMEN: Comb teeth number : 10. 46-50 ; 11. 51-60
- ABDOMEN: Anal gill's size and shape : 2. short and lanceolate
- ABDOMEN: Precratal setae number : 1. 1
- ABDOMEN: Insertion of the last pecten tooth : 2. at the siphon's middle part
- ABDOMEN: Arrangement of the comb teeth : 2. in a triangular patch
- ABDOMEN: Insertion of the seta 1-S : 2. beyond the last pecten tooth