Aedes communis (F)
Aedes communis (De Geer, 1776)
Type-loc: Europe
Identification of this species requires detailed examination of the thoracic pleurae. Tergites with basal bands more or less narrowed in the median part, tarsi dark.
Aedes communis (F)
Aedes communis (F)
Head
- HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not : 1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis ; 3. scutellum clearly trilobate
- HEAD: colour of maxillary palpus : 1. entirely dark ; 3. with mixed dark and pale scales
- HEAD: colour of proboscis : 1. entirely dark
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 : 2. scale patch absent
- THORAX: prealar areas ornamentation - Ae : 3. with 1 pale scale patch
- THORAX: scutum's continuous bands : 2. other colors
Wings
- WING: general ornamentation of the wing : 1. entirely dark ; 8. mixture of pale and dark scales on veins
- WING: colour of the scales on the wing veins : 1. dark scales only
- 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 : 4. between 4,1 - 4,5 mm ; 5. between 4,6 - 5 mm ; 6. longer than 5 mm
Legs
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 2 - Ae : 1. entirely dark ; 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 tarsomere 1 : 6. scatered with pale scales
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 5 : 1. entirely dark
- LEG III: colour of tibia : 7. specled, in the median area at least
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: colour of the scales on the tergite : 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 : 3. a basal pale band and lateral patches ; 4. only a basal pale band
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 2. with a basal pale band
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: North of Mediterranean Sea : Austria ; Belarus ; Belgium ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; Denmark ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Hungary ; Italy ; Latvia ; Lithuania ; Macedonia ; Moldova ; Montenegro ; Netherlands ; Norway ; Poland ; Romania ; Serbia ; Slovakia ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; Ukraine ; United Kingdom
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Mediterranean Sea : Turkey
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Mediterranean Sea : None