Anopheles multicolor (F)
Anopheles multicolor (Cambouliu, 1902)
Type-loc: Egypt
Pale scales on the palpus and apical part of the costal wing vein are important. Similar species are: Anopheles superpictus, Anopheles sergentii, Anopheles cinereus, Anopheles turkhudi.
Anopheles multicolor (F)
Anopheles multicolor (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 : 2. white only at the base
- HEAD: look of the maxillary palpus scales : 1. plastered scales, smooth palp all along ; 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
- WING: arrangement of the pale spots on the fringe : 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 : 1. homogenous dark colour
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 1 : 1. entirely dark, at most with a small apical ring
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 2 : 1. entirely dark
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 3 : 1. entirely dark ; 2. with a small apical ring
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 4 - An : 1. entirely dark
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 5 : 1. entirely dark
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: colour of the scales on the tergite : 1. no scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of the tergites : 3. with only seta