Anopheles plumbeus (F)
Anopheles plumbeus (Stephens, 1828)
Type-loc: North Ireland
Characterised by almost lightly whorled antenna and 5th palpal segment ornate with ruffled scales giving a widened shape to segments. Morphologically similar to An. claviger and An. petragnani but smaller and dark coloured.
Anopheles plumbeus (F)
Anopheles plumbeus (F)
Head
- HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not : 2. maxillary paplus nearly equal to proboscis ; 4. scutellum without conspicuous lobes
- HEAD: antennal ornamentation : 2. numerous long 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
- 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 : 2. between 3 - 3,5 mm ; 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 ; Belarus ; Belgium ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; Denmark ; Estonia ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Hungary ; Ireland ; Italy ; Kosovo ; Lithuania ; Luxembourgh ; Macedonia ; Moldova ; Montenegro ; Netherlands ; Poland ; Portugal ; Romania ; Sardinia ; Serbia ; Sicily ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; Spain ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; Ukraine ; United Kingdom
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Mediterranean Sea : Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; Georgia ; Syria ; Turkey
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Mediterranean Sea : Algeria ; Morocco ; Tunisia