Aedes caspius (F)
Aedes caspius (Pallas, 1771)
Type-loc: Caspian Sea
Abdominal pale patches are variable. Scutum with yellow scales and 2 longitudinal pale narrow lines are diagnostic.
Aedes caspius (F)
Aedes caspius (F)
Aedes caspius (F)
Head
- HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not : 1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis ; 3. scutellum clearly trilobate
- 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 : non décrit
- HEAD: Localization of the antennal seta 1-A : non décrit
- HEAD: Number of branches on the antennal seta 1-A : non décrit
- HEAD; Branch number of seta 6-C : non décrit
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 : 2. with continuous bands
- THORAX: metameron's ornamentation : 1. scale patch present
- THORAX: postprocoxal area's ornamentation : 1. scale patch present
- 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 : non décrit
Wings
- WING: general ornamentation of the wing : 3. with a thin line of pale scales on the costal vein base ; 8. mixture of pale and dark scales on veins
- WING: colour of the scales on the wing veins : 1. dark scales only ; 2. pale scales only along the costal margin
- WING: number of pale 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
- WING: ornamentation of the base (alula) : 1. with a fringe of scales
- WING: wing length from insertion to apex : 1. shorter than 3 mm ; 2. between 3 - 3,5 mm ; 3. between 3,6 - 4 mm ; 4. between 4,1 - 4,5 mm ; 5. between 4,6 - 5 mm
Legs
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 2 - Ae : 3. white at the base and apex
- 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 tarsomere 1 : 6. scatered with pale scales
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 5 : 3. entirely white
- LEG III: colour of tibia : 7. specled, in the median area at least
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: colour of the scales on the tergite : 3. almost completely covered with pale scales ; 5. with creamy white and dark scales
- ABDOMEN: Shape of the pale basal band of tergite IV : 1. with an even widh
- ABDOMEN: ornamentation of tergite IV : 8. basal pale band, with median patches and sometimes apical bands ; 11. covered with pale scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 2. with a basal pale band ; 4. with an apical pale band
- 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 : non décrit
- ABDOMEN: Shape of the saddle : non décrit
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of the apicodistal side of segment X : non décrit
- ABDOMEN: Shape of seta 9-S : non décrit
- ABDOMEN: Size of the siphon : non décrit
- ABDOMEN: Shape of comb teeth on segment VIII : non décrit
- ABDOMEN: Aspect of the pecten teeth : non décrit
- ABDOMEN: Arrangement of the pecten teeth on the siphon : non décrit
- ABDOMEN: Comb teeth number : non décrit
- ABDOMEN: Anal gill's size and shape : non décrit
- ABDOMEN: Precratal setae number : non décrit
- ABDOMEN: Insertion of the last pecten tooth : non décrit
- ABDOMEN: Arrangement of the comb teeth : non décrit
- ABDOMEN: Insertion of the seta 1-S : non décrit
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: North of Mediterranean Sea : Albania ; Austria ; Balearic Islands ; Belarus ; Belgium ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; Crimean Peninsula ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; Denmark ; Estonia ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Hungary ; Ireland ; Italy ; Kosovo ; Latvia ; Lithuania ; Macedonia ; Malta ; Moldova ; Montenegro ; Netherlands ; Norway ; Poland ; Portugal ; Romania ; Sardinia ; Serbia ; Sicily ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; Spain ; Ukraine ; United Kingdom
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Mediterranean Sea : Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; Cyprus Island ; Georgia ; Israel ; Jordan ; Lebanon ; Palestine ; Syria ; Turkey
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Mediterranean Sea : Algeria ; Canary Islands ; Egypt ; Libya ; Morocco ; Tunisia