Aedes koreicus (F)
Aedes koreicus (Edwards, 1917)
Type-loc: Korea
This is an invasive species!
Aedes koreicus (F)
Aedes koreicus (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 : 4. yellow and dark
- THORAX: Scutum's ornamentation : 2. with continuous bands
- THORAX: Metameron's ornamentation : 2. scale patch absent
- 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
- WING: Colour of the scales on the wing veins : 1. dark scales only ; 2. pale scales only along the costal margin
- 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 : ?
Legs
- LEG III: Length of the basal ring of tarsomere 2 : 1. < half of the tarsomere length
- LEG I: Tarsal claw's shape : 1. spines not parallel, the first one regularly curved
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 2 - Ae : 2. white at the base
- 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 : 2. white at the base
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 5 : 2. two coloured
- LEG III: Colour of tibia : 1. entirely dark
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: Colour of the scales on the tergite : 4. with silvery white and dark scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of tergite IV : 2. only lateral pale scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 2. with a basal pale band ; 7. with lateral pale patches