Anopheles superpictus (F)
Anopheles superpictus Grassi, 1899
Type-loc: Italy
Pale scales on the palpus and apical part of the costal wing vein are important. Similar species are; Anopheles cinereus, Anopheles multicolor, Anopheles sergentii, Anopheles turkhudi.
Anopheles superpictus (F)
Anopheles superpictus (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 : 5. entirely white
- HEAD: Look of the maxillary palpus scales : 1. plastered scales, smooth palp all along
- 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 : 6. with pale spots on the mid veins
- WING: Number of pale marks on the costal margin : 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 : 11) 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9
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 ; 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
- 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 ; Azores ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; Greece ; Italy ; Macedonia ; Montenegro ; Serbia ; Sicily ; Spain
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Western Palaearctic Region : Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; Cyprus Island ; Georgia ; Israel ; Jordan ; Lebanon ; Russia - Southwestern ; Syria ; Turkey
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Western Palaearctic Region : Algeria ; Egypt ; Libya ; Tunisia