Aedes intermedius (L)
Aedes intermedius Danilov and Gornostaeva, 1987
Type-loc: Russia
Aedes intermedius (L)
Aedes intermedius (L)
- Developmental stage : 2. larva
- ABDOMEN: Presence of an acu on the base of the siphon : 2. acu present
Head
- HEAD: Ornamentation of the antennal integument _ Ae : 2. distinctly spiculate
- HEAD: Location of the antennal seta 1-A : 1. on the basal 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: Ornamentation of the insertion point of setae 11-M and 11-T : 1. insertion near a small tooth
Wings
Legs
Abdomen
- 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 ; 2. stout, rigid, with less than 6 branches ; 3. stout, rigid, with 7 branches or more
- ABDOMEN: Shape of the saddle : 3. open
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of the apicodistal side of segment X : 2. with spicules
- ABDOMEN: Shape of seta 9-S : 1. short and slightly curved
- ABDOMEN: Size of the siphon : 2. medium
- ABDOMEN: Shape of comb teeth on segment VIII : 1. median tooth clearly longer ; 2. median tooth not clearly longer ; 3. without any median teeth
- 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
- ABDOMEN: Anal gill's size and shape : 3. equal to or longer than the saddle length
- ABDOMEN: Precratal setae number : 2. 2
- ABDOMEN: Insertion of the last pecten tooth : 1. before the siphon's middle part
- ABDOMEN: Arrangement of the comb teeth : 1. on 1 irregular row
- ABDOMEN: Insertion of the seta 1-S : 2. beyond the last pecten tooth