Anopheles rhodesiensis rupicolus (F)
Anopheles rhodesiensis rupicola (Theobald, 1901)
Type-loc: Southern Rhodesia
This species is close to Anopheles dthali but has darker wings and palpus, spots on the wings differ.
Anopheles rhodesiensis rupicola (F)
Anopheles rhodesiensis rupicola (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
- HEAD: number of white rings on the maxillary palpus : 1. none ; 2. 2 rings
Thorax
- THORAX: covering of the scutum : 1. with setae only ; 2. with piliform scales
- THORAX: scutums ornamentation - An : 1. unicolor
Wings
- WING: general ornamentation of the wing : 5. with pale spots only on the costal margin
- WING: number of pale marks on the costal margin : 2. with 1 spot ; 3. with 2 spots
- WING: ornamentation of the base (alula) : 2. without a fringe of scales
- WING: wing length from insertion to apex : 1. shorter than 3 mm ; 2. between 3 - 3,5 mm ; 3. between 3,6 - 4 mm
- WING: arrangement of the pale spots on the fringe : 1) without spot ; 2) 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
- 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