Anopheles ainshamsi (F)
Anopheles ainshamsi Gad, Harbach & Harrison, 2006
Type-Loc: Egypt
Absence of scales on the scutal fossa distinguishes Anopheles ainshamsi from Anopheles stephensi and three similar Afrotropical species.
Anopheles ainshamsi (F)
Anopheles ainshamsi (F)
Anopheles ainshamsi (F)
Head
- HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not : 2. maxillary palpus nearly equal to proboscis ; 4. scutellum without conspicuous lobes
- HEAD: Antennal ornamentation : 1. rare and poorly developed whorls ; 2. numerous long whorls
- HEAD: Interocular space ornamentation : 1. with a tuft of long white scales
- HEAD: Colour of segment 5 of the maxillary palpus : 5. entirely white
- HEAD: Look of the maxillary palpus scales : 2. ruffled scales at the base (segment 2)
- HEAD: Number of white rings on the maxillary palpus : 3. 3 rings
Thorax
- THORAX: Covering of the scutum : 3. with broad scales
- THORAX: Scutum's ornamentation - An : 1. unicolor ; 2. with only one median band ; 3. with one median band and one distinct patch of pale scales on prescutum
Wings
- WING: General ornamentation of the wing : 5. with pale spots only on the costal margin ; 6. with pale spots on the mid veins
- WING: Number of pale marks on the costal margin : 5. with 4 spots ; 6. with 5 or more spots
- WING: Ornamentation of the base (alula) : 2. without a fringe of scales
- WING: Wing length from insertion to apex : 2. between 3 - 3,5 mm ; 3. between 3,6 - 4 mm
- WING: Arrangement of the pale spots on the fringe : 9) 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9
Legs
- LEG III: Colour of the median part of tibia and femur : 2. with small white marks "speckled tibia"
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 1 : 6. scatered with pale scales
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 2 : 1. entirely dark ; 3. with a small apical ring
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 3 : 1. entirely dark ; 2. with a small apical ring
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 4 - An : 1. entirely dark ; 2. with a pale apical ring
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 5 : non décrit
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: Colour of the scales on the tergite : 3. almost completely covered with pale scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of the tergites : 2. without lateral tufts but with scales