Anopheles cinereus (F)
Anopheles cinereus (Theobald, 1901)
Type-loc: Salisbury, Mashonaland
Subspecies Anopheles cinereus hispaniola is common in this area. White rings on the palpus, numerous white patches on the wings are diagnostic, especially median 3+4 and the anal veins. Similar species are: Anopheles superpictus, Anopheles multicolor, Anopheles sergentii, Anopheles turkhudi.
Anopheles cinereus (F)
Anopheles cinereus (F)
Head
- HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not : 2. maxillary paplus nearly equal to proboscis ; 4. scutellum without conspicuous lobes
- HEAD: antennal ornamentation : 1. rare and poorly developped whorls
- HEAD: interocular space ornamentation : 1. with a tuft of long white scales
- HEAD: colour of segment 5 of the maxillary palpus : 2. white only at the base ; 4. white both at the base and apex
- HEAD: look of the maxillary palpus scales : 1. plastered scales, smooth palp all along
- HEAD: number of white rings on the maxillary palpus : 3. 3 rings ; 4. 4 rings
Thorax
- THORAX: covering of the scutum : 2. with piliform scales
- THORAX: scutums ornamentation - An : 2. with only one median band
Wings
- WING: general ornamentation of the wing : 6. with pale spots on the mid veins
- WING: number of pale marks on the costal margin : 6. with 5 or more spots
- WING: ornamentation of the base (alula) : 2. without 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 : 11) 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9
Legs
- LEG III: colour of the median part of tibia and femur : 1. homogenous dark colour
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 1 : 1. entirely dark, at most with a small apical ring
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 2 : 1. entirely dark ; 3. with a small apical ring
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 3 : 1. entirely dark ; 2. with a small apical ring
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 4 - An : 1. entirely dark ; 2. with a pale apical ring
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 5 : 1. entirely dark
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: colour of the scales on the tergite : 1. no scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of the tergites : 3. with only seta