Aedes diantaeus (F)
Aedes diantaeus Howard, Dyar & Knab, 1912
Type-loc: UK
Impossible to differentiate from Aedes hungaricus. Characters on 4th instar larva stage will be helpful.
Aedes diantaeus (F)
Aedes diantaeus (F)
Head
- HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not : 1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis ; 3. scutellum clearly trilobate
- HEAD: Colour of maxillary palpus : 1. entirely dark
- HEAD: Colour of proboscis : 1. entirely dark
Thorax
- THORAX: Prespiracular and postspiracular setae : 3. prespiracular setae absent postspiracular setae present - Aedes
- THORAX: Colour of the scutum scales : 3. yellow, white and dark
- THORAX: Scutum's ornamentation : 2. with continuous bands
- THORAX: Metameron's ornamentation : 1. scale patch present
- THORAX: Postprocoxal area's ornamentation : 2. scale patch absent
- THORAX: Prealar area's ornamentation - Ae : 3. with 1 pale scale patch
- THORAX: Scutum's continuous bands : 2. other colors
Wings
- WING: General ornamentation of the wing : 1. entirely dark ; 5. with pale spots only on the costal margin
- WING: Colour of the scales on the wing veins : 1. dark scales only
- WING: Number of pale marks on the costal margin : 1. without spots
- 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 : 4. between 4,1 - 4,5 mm ; 5. between 4,6 - 5 mm
- WING: Arrangement of the pale spots on the fringe : 1) without spot
Legs
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 2 - Ae : 1. entirely dark ; 4. specled, in the median area at least
- 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 : 1. entirely dark, at most with 2 pale rings (basal and apical)
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 5 : 1. entirely dark
- LEG III: Colour of tibia : 1. entirely dark
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: Colour of the scales on the tergite : 5. with creamy white and dark scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of tergite IV : 2. only lateral pale scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 1. entirely dark ; 7. with lateral pale patches
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: West of Western Palaearctic Region : Czech Republic ; Denmark ; Estonia ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Latvia ; Lithuania ; Norway ; Poland ; Slovakia ; Sweden
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Western Palaearctic Region : Belarus ; Moldova ; Russia - Northwestern ; Russia - Western - Central ; Russia - Western - Volga ; Russia - Southwestern
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Western Palaearctic Region : non décrit