Anopheles claviger (F)
Anopheles claviger (Meigen, 1804)
Type-loc: Germany
It can’t be differentiated from Anopheles petragnani but global colour is paler (pale brown). An. plumbeus is also similar but the global colour is darker.
Anopheles claviger (F)
Anopheles claviger (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
- HEAD: Interocular space ornamentation : 1. with a tuft of long white scales
- HEAD: Colour of segment 5 of the maxillary palpus : 1. entirely dark
- HEAD: Look of the maxillary palpus scales : 1. plastered scales, smooth palp all along ; 2. ruffled scales at the base (segment 2)
- HEAD: Number of white rings on the maxillary palpus : 1. none
Thorax
- THORAX: Covering of the scutum : 2. with piliform scales
- THORAX: Scutum's ornamentation - An : 3. with one median band and one distinct patch of pale scales on prescutum
Wings
- WING: General ornamentation of the wing : 1. entirely dark
- WING: Ornamentation of the base (alula) : 2. without a fringe of scales
- WING: Wing length from insertion to apex : 3. between 3,6 - 4 mm ; 4. between 4,1 - 4,5 mm ; 5. between 4,6 - 5 mm
Legs
- LEG III: Colour of the median part of tibia and femur : 1. homogenous dark colour
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 1 : 1. entirely dark, at most with 2 pale rings (basal and apical)
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 2 : 1. entirely dark
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 3 : 1. entirely dark
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 4 - An : 1. entirely dark
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 5 : 1. entirely dark
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: Colour of the scales on the tergite : 1. no scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of the tergites : 3. with only seta
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: West of Western Palaearctic Region : Albania ; Austria ; Belgium ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; Denmark ; Estonia ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Hungary ; Ireland ; Italy ; Latvia ; Lithuania ; Luxembourg ; Macedonia ; Montenegro ; Netherlands ; Norway ; Poland ; Portugal ; Romania ; Serbia ; Sicily ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; Spain ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; United Kingdom
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Western Palaearctic Region : Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; Belarus ; Crimean Peninsula ; Cyprus Island ; Georgia ; Israel ; Jordan ; Lebanon ; Moldova ; Palestine ; Russia - Northwestern ; Russia - Western - Central ; Russia - Western - Volga ; Russia - Southwestern ; Syria ; Turkey ; Ukraine
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Western Palaearctic Region : Algeria ; Libya ; Morocco ; Tunisia