Aedes albopictus (L)
Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894)
Type-loc: India
The stout spines are present at the basal part of meso and metathoracic setae in Ae. aegypti, Ae. albopictus, Ae. cretinus, Aedes koreicus and Ae. japonicus.
On Ae. albopictus caudal seta 4-X simple, while in Ae. aegypti and Ae. cretinus branched. Comb scales are stout on Ae. albopictus and Ae. cretinus, while on Ae. aegypti with median teeth.
Fringe of the pupal paddles bearing setae (as in Ae. (Stg.) cretinus). Larva and pupa of these 2 species can be misidentified around Cyprus, Georgia, Greece and Turkey.
This is an invasive species!
Aedes albopictus (L)
Aedes albopictus (L)
Aedes albopictus (L)
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 : 1. on the basal half ; 2. on the apical half
- HEAD: Number of branches on the antennal seta 1-A : 1. 1 branch
- 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 : 5. white 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 : 2. with at most 1 or 2 pale scales
- THORAX: shape of the longitudinal lines : 1. straight lines
- THORAX: scutum's continuous bands : 1. dark with pale bands
- THORAX: Aedes albopictus or Aedes cretinus : non décrit
- 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
- 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 : ?
- 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: Shape of the pale basal band of tergite IV : 2. medianly thinned ; 3. medianly broken
- ABDOMEN: ornamentation of tergite IV : 5. a thin basal pale band
- 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 : ?
- 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 : ?
- ABDOMEN: Size of the siphon : 1. short
- ABDOMEN: Shape of comb teeth on segment VIII : 1. median tooth 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 : 1. 5-8 ; 2. 9-12 ; 3. 13-16
- ABDOMEN: Anal gill's size and shape : ?
- ABDOMEN: Precratal setae number : ?
- ABDOMEN: Insertion of the last pecten tooth : 2. at 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 ; Austria ; Balearic Islands ; Belgium ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Italy ; Macedonia ; Malta ; Montenegro ; Netherlands ; Romania ; Sardinia ; Serbia ; Sicily ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; Spain ; Switzerland
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Mediterranean Sea : Armenia ; Georgia ; Israel ; Jordan ; Lebanon ; Palestine ; Syria ; Turkey
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Mediterranean Sea : Algeria ; Morocco