Aedes pulcritarsis (L)
Aedes pulcritarsis (Rondani, 1872)
Type-loc: Italy
Close to Aedes berlandi but siphon shorter (index usually less than 5), comb scales in a row, setae 13-T much longer than setae 14-M are diagnostic.
Ae. versicolor larvae are very different from Ae. pulcritarsis by numerous stellate setae with many branches on the abdomen, by inner frontal setae (2-3 branches in Ae. versicolor and 8-10 branches in Ae. pulcritarsis), by saddle seta (1-X) with 4-7 branches in Ae. versicolor and a simple seta in Ae. pulcritarsis, by the shape of anal papillae.
Aedes pulcritarsis (L)
Aedes pulcritarsis (L)
Aedes pulcritarsis (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 : 2. on the apical half
- HEAD: Number of branches on the antennal seta 1-A : 2. 2 branches ; 3. 3 branches or more
- 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 : 3. yellow, white and dark
- THORAX: scutum's ornamentation : 3. with 1 to 3 pairs of white dots ; 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: 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: 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 : 3. white at the base and apex ; 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
- 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 : 1. short and slightly curved
- ABDOMEN: Size of the siphon : 3. long
- ABDOMEN: Shape of comb teeth on segment VIII : 1. median tooth clearly longer
- ABDOMEN: Aspect of the pecten teeth : 1. scale - like
- ABDOMEN: Arrangement of the pecten teeth on the siphon : 1. without any clearly isolated teeth
- ABDOMEN: Comb teeth number : 1. 5-8 ; 2. 9-12
- ABDOMEN: Anal gill's size and shape : 3. equal to or longer than the saddle length
- ABDOMEN: Precratal setae number : 2. 2 ; 3. 3
- ABDOMEN: Insertion of the last pecten tooth : 1. before the siphon's middle part
- 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 ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; France ; Greece ; Hungary ; Italy ; Kosovo ; Moldova ; Montenegro ; Portugal ; Romania ; Serbia ; Slovakia ; Spain
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Mediterranean Sea : Azerbaijan ; Georgia ; Israel ; Turkey
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Mediterranean Sea : Algeria ; Morocco ; Tunisia