Anopheles tenebrosus (F)
Anopheles tenebrosus (Donitz, 1902)
Type-loc: Egypt
This species is close to Anopheles ziemanni and can be separated with the absence of a pale ring at the base of tarsomere 1 of the hindleg and entirely dark femur on the second leg.
Anopheles tenebrosus (F)
Anopheles tenebrosus (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 : 3. white only at the apex
- HEAD: look of the maxillary palpus scales : 2. ruffled scales at the base (segment 2) ; 3. ruffled scales all along
- HEAD: number of white rings on the maxillary palpus : 4. 4 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 ; 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 : 1. without spots ; 2. with 1 spot
- 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 ; 6. longer than 5 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 : 3. with a small apical ring ; 4. with a wide apical ring
- LEG III: colour of tarsomere 3 : 3. with a wide apical ring
- 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 : 1. no scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of the tergites : 3. with only seta