Anopheles sacharovi (F)
Anopheles sacharovi (Favre, 1903)
Type-loc: Georgia
Dark spots on the wings are present but faint. Similar species are other members of the Anopheles maculipennis species complex.
Anopheles sacharovi (F)
Anopheles sacharovi (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 : 1. with setae only ; 2. with piliform scales
- THORAX: scutums ornamentation - An : 1. unicolor
Wings
- WING: general ornamentation of the wing : 1. entirely dark ; 2. dark with black 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
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 ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Bulgaria ; Crimean Peninsula ; Croatia ; Greece ; Hungary ; Italy ; Macedonia ; Moldova ; Montenegro ; Poland ; Romania ; Sardinia ; Serbia
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Mediterranean Sea : Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; Cyprus Island ; Georgia ; Israel ; Jordan ; Lebanon ; Palestine ; Syria ; Turkey
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Mediterranean Sea : Algeria