Aedes stramineus (F)
Aedes stramineus Dubitzky, 1970
Type-loc: Kazakhstan
Aedes stramineus is similar to Ae. caspius in terms of general body coloration, apical and basal pale bands on the tarsomere. Stripes of pale scales on the scutum of Ae. caspius is absent in Ae. stramineus bearing only golden scales.
Aedes stramineus (F)
Aedes stramineus (F)
Aedes stramineus (F)
Head
- HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not : 1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis ; 3. scutellum clearly trilobate
- HEAD: Colour of maxillary palpus : 3. with mixed dark and pale scales
- HEAD: Colour of proboscis : 4. dark apex and pale basal half
Thorax
- THORAX: Prespiracular and postspiracular setae : 3. prespiracular setae absent postspiracular setae present - Aedes
- THORAX: Colour of the scutum scales : 1. yellow only
- THORAX: Scutum's ornamentation : 1. without well-marked patterns
- THORAX: Metameron's ornamentation : 1. scale patch present
- THORAX: Postprocoxal area's ornamentation : 1. scale patch present
- THORAX: Prealar area's ornamentation - Ae : 3. with 1 pale scale patch
Wings
- WING: General ornamentation of the wing : 8. mixture of pale and dark scales on veins
- WING: Colour of the scales on the wing veins : 3. mixed dark and pale scales on all the veins
- WING: Number of pale marks on the costal margin : non décrit
- WING: Uranotaenia or not : 2. apex of anal vein ends after mcu/cuA fork ; 4. length of the R2+R3 vein is shorter than R2/R3
- WING: Ornamentation of the base (alula) : 1. with a fringe of scales
- WING: Wing length from insertion to apex : non décrit
Legs
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 2 - Ae : 3. white at the base and apex
- LEG I: Orthopodomyia or not : 2. tarsomere 4 is equal or longer than tarsomere 5 ; 4. length of tarsomere 1 is shorter than tarsomere 2 through 5
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 1 : 6. scatered with pale scales
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 5 : 3. entirely white
- LEG III: Colour of tibia : 7. specled, in the median area at least
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: Colour of the scales on the tergite : 3. almost completely covered with pale scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of tergite IV : 11. covered with pale scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 8. almost completely covered with pale scales