Anopheles gambiae s.l. (F)
Anopheles gambiae (Giles, 1902)
Type-loc: Gambia Valley, West Africa
Speckles on legs, white spots on the wing, especially number 3 spot on the fringe and a 2nd dark costal zone well delimited but punctuated by a white spot.
Anopheles gambiae s.l. (F)
Anopheles gambiae s.l. (F)
Anopheles gambiae s.l. (F)
Head
- HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not : 2. maxillary paplus nearly equal to proboscis ; 4. scutellum without conspicuous lobes
- HEAD: antennal ornamentation : 1. rare and poorly developped whorls
- HEAD: interocular space ornamentation : 1. with a tuft of long white scales
- HEAD: colour of segment 5 of the maxillary palpus : 5. entirely white
- HEAD: look of the maxillary palpus scales : 2. ruffled scales at the base (segment 2)
- HEAD: number of white rings on the maxillary palpus : 3. 3 rings
Thorax
- THORAX: covering of the scutum : 3. with broad scales
- THORAX: scutums ornamentation - An : 1. unicolor
Wings
- WING: general ornamentation of the wing : 6. with pale spots on the mid veins
- WING: number of white marks on the costal margin : 6. with 5 or more spots
- WING: ornamentation of the base (alula) : 2. without a fringe of scales
- WING: wing length from insertion to apex : 2. between 3 - 3,5 mm ; 3. between 3,6 - 4 mm ; 4. between 4,1 - 4,5 mm
- WING: arrangement of the pale spots on the fringe : 4) 5, 6, 7 and 9 ; 5) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 ; 6) 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 ; 7) 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 ; 8) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 ; 9) 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 ; 10) 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 ; 11) 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9
Legs
- LEG III: colour of the median part of tibia and femur : 2. with small white marks "speckled tibia"
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 1 : 6. scatered with pale scales
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 2 : 4. with a wide apical ring
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 3 : 2. with a small apical ring
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 4 - An : 2. with a pale apical ring
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 5 : 1. entirely dark
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: colour of the scales on the tergite : 3. almost completely covered with pale scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of the tergites : 2. without lateral tufts but with scales ; 3. with only seta