Aedes echinus (F)
Aedes echinus (Edwards, 1920)
Type-loc: Macedonia, Greece
Adults are similar to Aedes geniculatus and Aedes gilcolladoi differs only with pale scale patch on the metameron. Differs from Aedes geniculatus having broad white scales on the scutellum instead of narrow yellowish white scales.
Aedes echinus (F)
Aedes echinus (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
- 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 : 4. yellow and dark
- 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
- WING: colour of the scales on the wing veins : 1. dark scales only ; 2. pale scales only along the costal margin
- 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
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 : 1. entirely dark, at most with a small apical ring
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 5 : 1. entirely dark
- LEG III: colour of tibia : 1. entirely dark
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 : 3. medianly broken
- ABDOMEN: ornamentation of tergite IV : 2. only lateral pale scales ; 3. a basal pale band and lateral patches
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 2. with a basal pale band