Anopheles pulcherrimus (F)
Anopheles pulcherrimus (Theobald, 1902)
Type-loc: Pakistan
Anopheles pulcherrimus bears golden coloured lateral tufts on the abdomen. Has 4 pale bands on palpi, foretarsomere with broad pale bands, hindleg tarsomere 3, 4 and 5 covered completely with pale scales.
Anopheles pulcherrimus (F)
Anopheles pulcherrimus (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 ; 2. without a tuft of long white scales
- HEAD: colour of segment 5 of the maxillary palpus : 3. white only at the apex ; 4. white both at the base and apex
- HEAD: look of the maxillary palpus scales : 3. ruffled scales all along
- HEAD: number of white rings on the maxillary palpus : 4. 4 rings
Thorax
- THORAX: covering of the scutum : 3. with broad scales
- THORAX: scutums ornamentation - An : 1. unicolor
Wings
- WING: general ornamentation of the wing : 5. with pale spots only on the costal margin ; 6. with pale spots on the mid veins ; 8. mixture of pale and dark scales on 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 : 2. between 3 - 3,5 mm ; 3. between 3,6 - 4 mm
- WING: arrangement of the pale spots on the fringe : 5) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9
Legs
- LEG III: colour of the median part of tibia and femur : 2. with small white marks "speckled tibia"
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 1 : 3. white at the base and apex ; 5. longitudinal stripe of pale scales ; 6. scatered with pale scales
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 2 : 4. with a wide apical ring
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 3 : 4. entirely white
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 4 - An : 5. entirely white
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 5 : 3. entirely white
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: colour of the scales on the tergite : 3. almost completely covered with pale scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of the tergites : 2. without lateral tufts but with scales