Aedes dzeta (L)
Aedes dzeta Seguy, 1923
Type-loc: Morocco
This species was described by Seguy in 1923 from only larva samples collected from Morocco by G. Buchet. Types and paratypes are unavailable, originality of this species is based on the given description by Seguy and especially on the presence in this species of a complete saddle and a seta 2-X that would have only 6 branches.
The adult morphology remains unknown.
Aedes dzeta (L)
Aedes dzeta (L)
- Developmental stage : 2. larva
- ABDOMEN: Presence of an acu on the base of the siphon : 2. acu present
Head
- HEAD: Colour of maxillary palpus : 1. entirely dark ; 2. dark at the base and pale at the apex
- HEAD: Colour of proboscis : 2. pale in the median area
- HEAD: Ornamentation of the antennal integument _ Ae : 2. distinctly spiculate
- HEAD: Location of the antennal seta 1-A : 2. on the apical half
- HEAD: Number of branches on the antennal seta 1-A : 3. 3 branches or more
- HEAD; Branch number of seta 6-C : 1. 1 branch
Thorax
- THORAX: Prespiracular and postspiracular setae : 3. prespiracular setae absent postspiracular setae present - Aedes
- THORAX: Colour of the scutum scales : 2. yellow and cream or white
- THORAX: Scutum's ornamentation : 3. with 1 to 3 pairs of white dots ; 4. with a large anterior patch
- 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
- THORAX: Ornamentation of the insertion point of setae 11-M and 11-T : 1. insertion near a small tooth
Wings
- WING: Colour of the scales on the wing veins : 1. dark scales only ; 2. pale scales only along the costal margin
- 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
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 tibia : 7. specled, in the median area at least
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: Shape of the pale basal band of tergite IV : non décrit
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of tergite IV : 3. a basal pale band and lateral patches
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 2. with a basal pale band ; 4. with an apical pale band
- ABDOMEN: Respiratory aperture - Siphon : 2. opening at the apex of a cylindrical tube - siphon
- ABDOMEN: Siphonal tufts : 3. one pair of siphonal tuft inserted close to the middle or near the apex of the siphon - Aedes
- ABDOMEN: Abdominal plates : 1. abdominal plates absent
- ABDOMEN: Aspect of the setae other than 1-IV to 1-VII : 1. thin and supple
- ABDOMEN: Shape of the saddle : 1. closed (ring)
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of the apicodistal side of segment X : 1. without spicules
- ABDOMEN: Shape of seta 9-S : 1. short and slightly curved
- ABDOMEN: Size of the siphon : 1. short
- ABDOMEN: Shape of comb teeth on segment VIII : 1. median tooth clearly longer
- ABDOMEN: Aspect of the pecten teeth : 2. spine - like
- ABDOMEN: Arrangement of the pecten teeth on the siphon : 1. without any clearly isolated teeth
- ABDOMEN: Comb teeth number : 4. 17-20 ; 5. 21-24
- ABDOMEN: Anal gill's size and shape : 1. short and subspherical
- ABDOMEN: Precratal setae number : 2. 2
- ABDOMEN: Insertion of the last pecten tooth : 1. before the siphon's middle part ; 2. at the siphon's middle part ; 3. beyond the siphon's middle part
- ABDOMEN: Arrangement of the comb teeth : 2. in a triangular patch
- ABDOMEN: Insertion of the seta 1-S : 2. beyond the last pecten tooth