Anopheles claviger (F)
Anopheles claviger (Meigen, 1804)
Type-loc: Germany
It can’t be differentiated from Anopheles petragnani but global colour is paler (pale brown). An. plumbeus is also similar but the global colour is darker.
Anopheles claviger (F)
Anopheles claviger (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 : 1. entirely dark
- HEAD: look of the maxillary palpus scales : 1. plastered scales, smooth palp all along ; 2. ruffled scales at the base (segment 2)
- HEAD: number of white rings on the maxillary palpus : 1. none
Thorax
- THORAX: covering of the scutum : 2. with piliform scales
- THORAX: scutums ornamentation - An : 3. with one median band and one distinct pale scales patch on prescutum
Wings
- WING: general ornamentation of the wing : 1. entirely dark
- WING: ornamentation of the base (alula) : 2. without a fringe of scales
- WING: wing length from insertion to apex : 3. between 3,6 - 4 mm ; 4. between 4,1 - 4,5 mm ; 5. between 4,6 - 5 mm
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
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 3 : 1. entirely dark
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 4 - An : 1. entirely dark
- 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
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: North of Mediterranean Sea : Albania ; Austria ; Balearic Islands ; Belarus ; Belgium ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; Denmark ; Estonia ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Hungary ; Ireland ; Italy ; Latvia ; Lithuania ; Luxembourgh ; Macedonia ; Moldova ; Montenegro ; Netherlands ; Norway ; Poland ; Portugal ; Romania ; Sardinia ; Serbia ; Sicily ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; Spain ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; Ukraine ; United Kingdom
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Mediterranean Sea : Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; Cyprus Island ; Georgia ; Israel ; Jordan ; Lebanon ; Palestine ; Syria ; Turkey
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Mediterranean Sea : Algeria ; Libya ; Morocco ; Tunisia