Descripteur : HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not

Type du descripteur : categorical

CAUTION! Male mosquitoes have plumose antenna and a large genitalia unlike females. Maxillary palpus (red arrows) of male mosquitoes and female Anopheles are nearly as long as proboscis.

State 2 and 4 correspond to Anopheles genus.

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HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not

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HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not

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HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not


1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis

2. maxillary palpus nearly equal to proboscis

maxillary paplus nearly equal to proboscis correspond to the genus Anopheles

3. scutellum clearly trilobate

4. scutellum without conspicuous lobes

scutellum without conspicuous lobes corresponds to the genus Anopheles


Hiérarchie

Developmental stage
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 |_ HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not
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    |_ THORAX: Scutum's ornamentation {2. maxillary palpus nearly equal to proboscis , 4. scutellum without conspicuous lobes}
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    |_ HEAD: Colour of maxillary palpus {2. maxillary palpus nearly equal to proboscis , 4. scutellum without conspicuous lobes}
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    |_ HEAD: Colour of proboscis {2. maxillary palpus nearly equal to proboscis , 4. scutellum without conspicuous lobes}
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    |_ HEAD: Antennal ornamentation {1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis , 3. scutellum clearly trilobate}
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    |_ HEAD: Interocular space ornamentation {1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis , 3. scutellum clearly trilobate}
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    |_ HEAD: Colour of segment 5 of the maxillary palpus  {1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis , 3. scutellum clearly trilobate}
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    |_ HEAD: Look of the maxillary palpus scales {1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis , 3. scutellum clearly trilobate}
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    |_ HEAD: Number of white rings on the maxillary palpus {1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis , 3. scutellum clearly trilobate}
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    |_ THORAX: Covering of the scutum {1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis , 3. scutellum clearly trilobate}
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    |_ THORAX: Scutum's ornamentation - An {1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis , 3. scutellum clearly trilobate}
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    |_ THORAX: Prespiracular and postspiracular setae {2. maxillary palpus nearly equal to proboscis , 4. scutellum without conspicuous lobes}
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    |_ WING: Colour of the scales on the wing veins {2. maxillary palpus nearly equal to proboscis , 4. scutellum without conspicuous lobes}
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    |_ WING: Uranotaenia or not {2. maxillary palpus nearly equal to proboscis , 4. scutellum without conspicuous lobes}
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    |_ LEG I: Orthopodomyia or not {2. maxillary palpus nearly equal to proboscis , 4. scutellum without conspicuous lobes}
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    |_ LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 2  {1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis , 3. scutellum clearly trilobate}
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    |_ LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 3  {1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis , 3. scutellum clearly trilobate}
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    |_ LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 4 - An {1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis , 3. scutellum clearly trilobate}
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    |_ LEG III: Colour of tibia  {2. maxillary palpus nearly equal to proboscis , 4. scutellum without conspicuous lobes}
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    |_ LEG III: Colour of the median part of tibia and femur  {1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis , 3. scutellum clearly trilobate}
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    |_ ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of the tergites {1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis , 3. scutellum clearly trilobate}
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    |_ ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III {2. maxillary palpus nearly equal to proboscis , 4. scutellum without conspicuous lobes}

Fait partie du groupe