Aedes versicolor (L)
Aedes versicolor (Barraud, 1924)
Type-loc: Pakistan
Ae. versicolor females are similar to the females of Ae. pulcritarsis, but Ae. versicolor larvae are very different from Ae. pulcritarsis by numerous stellate setae with many branches on the abdomen, by inner frontal setae (2-3 branches in Ae. versicolor and 8-10 branches in Ae. pulcritarsis), by saddle seta (1-X) with 4-7 branches in Ae. versicolor and a simple seta in Ae. pulcritarsis, by the shape of anal papillae.
Aedes versicolor (L) copy of pulcritarsis with correct distr
Aedes versicolor (F) copy of pulcritarsis with correct distr
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 : 2. on the apical half
- HEAD: Number of branches on the antennal seta 1-A : 2. 2 branches ; 3. 3 branches or more
- HEAD; Branch number of seta 6-C : 3. 3 branches or more
Thorax
- THORAX: Prespiracular and postspiracular setae : 3. prespiracular setae absent postspiracular setae present - Aedes
- THORAX: colour of the scutum scales : 3. yellow, white and dark
- THORAX: scutum's ornamentation : 3. with 1 to 3 pairs of white dots ; 4. with a large anterior patch
- THORAX: metameron's ornamentation : 2. scale patch absent
- THORAX: postprocoxal area's ornamentation : 2. scale patch absent
- THORAX: prealar areas ornamentation - Ae : 3. with 1 pale scale patch
- 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 ; 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
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 tibia : 1. entirely dark
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: Shape of the pale basal band of tergite IV : 1. with an even widh
- 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
- 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 : 3. stout, rigid, with 7 branches or more
- ABDOMEN: Shape of the saddle : 3. open
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of the apicodistal side of segment X : 1. without spicules
- ABDOMEN: Shape of seta 9-S : 1. short and slightly curved
- 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 : 1. scale - like
- ABDOMEN: Arrangement of the pecten teeth on the siphon : 1. without any clearly isolated teeth
- ABDOMEN: Comb teeth number : 3. 13-16 ; 4. 17-20
- ABDOMEN: Anal gill's size and shape : 2. short and lanceolate
- ABDOMEN: Precratal setae number : 2. 2 ; 3. 3 ; 4. 4
- ABDOMEN: Insertion of the last pecten tooth : 1. before the siphon's middle part ; 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