Aedes hexodontus (F)
Aedes hexodontus (Dyar, 1916)
Type-loc: USA
Large pale scale is present on the basal part of the costal vein. Very difficult to differentiate from Aedes puctor and Aedes punctodes.
Aedes hexodontus (F)
Aedes hexodontus (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 : 1. yellow only ; 2. yellow and cream or white
- THORAX: scutum's ornamentation : 1. without well-marked patterns ; 2. with continuous bands
- THORAX: metameron's ornamentation : ?
- 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
Wings
- WING: general ornamentation of the wing : 5. with pale spots only on the costal margin
- 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 : 4. between 4,1 - 4,5 mm ; 5. between 4,6 - 5 mm
- WING: arrangement of the pale spots on the fringe : 1) without spot
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 ; 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 : 2. medianly thinned
- 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 ; 4. with an apical pale band