Aedes leucomelas (L)
Aedes leucomelas (Meigen, 1904)
Type-loc: Europe
Cephalic setae single, comb with 25 to 30 scales. Close to Oc. caspius and Oc. dorsalis but its anal gills are more elongated (as long as the saddle).
Aedes leucomelas (L)
Aedes leucomelas (F)
Head
- HEAD: colour of maxillary palpus : 3. with mixed dark and pale scales
- HEAD: colour of proboscis : 2. pale in the median area
- 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 : 3. 3 branches or more
- 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 : 2. yellow and cream or white
- THORAX: scutum's ornamentation : 1. without well-marked patterns ; 2. with continuous bands
- THORAX: metameron's ornamentation : ?
- THORAX: postprocoxal area's ornamentation : ?
- 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 : 1. insertion near a small tooth
Wings
- WING: colour of the scales on the wing veins : 1. dark scales only ; 2. pale scales only along the costal margin
- WING: number of white marks on the costal margin : 1. without spots
- 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: colour of tarsomere 2 - Ae : 1. entirely dark ; 4. specled, in the median area at least
- 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 : 7. specled, in the median area at least
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 ; 3. a basal pale band and lateral patches
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 2. with a basal pale band ; 4. with an apical pale band
- 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 : 1. short
- ABDOMEN: Shape of comb teeth on segment VIII : 1. median tooth clearly longer ; 2. median tooth not clearly longer
- 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 : 6. 25-30
- ABDOMEN: Anal gill's size and shape : 2. short and lanceolate
- ABDOMEN: Precratal setae number : 1. 1
- ABDOMEN: Insertion of the last pecten tooth : 1. before 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
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: North of Mediterranean Sea : Austria ; Belarus ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; Denmark ; Estonia ; Finland ; Germany ; Hungary ; Latvia ; Lithuania ; Moldova ; Netherlands ; Norway ; Poland ; Romania ; Slovakia ; Spain ; Sweden ; United Kingdom
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Mediterranean Sea : Turkey
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Mediterranean Sea : None