Anopheles hyrcanus s.l. (F)
Anopheles hyrcanus (Pallas, 1771)
Type-loc: Caspian sea
Anopheles hyrcanus is close to An. ziemanni and An. tenebrosus from which it differs, among other characters, by its entirely white tarsomere 4-III while the tarsomere 5-III is black.
Anopheles hyrcanus s.l. (F)
Anopheles hyrcanus s.l. (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 : 2. white only at the base ; 4. white both at the base and apex
- HEAD: Look of the maxillary palpus scales : 2. ruffled scales at the base (segment 2) ; 3. ruffled scales all along
- HEAD: Number of white rings on the maxillary palpus : 3. 3 rings ; 4. 4 rings
Thorax
- THORAX: Covering of the scutum : 2. with piliform scales
- THORAX: Scutum's ornamentation - An : 1. unicolor
Wings
- WING: General ornamentation of the wing : 5. with pale spots only on the costal margin ; 6. with pale spots on the mid veins ; 8. mixture of pale and dark scales on veins
- WING: Number of pale marks on the costal margin : 3. with 2 spots
- WING: Ornamentation of the base (alula) : 2. without a fringe of scales
- WING: Wing length from insertion to apex : 5. between 4,6 - 5 mm ; 6. longer than 5 mm
- WING: Arrangement of the pale spots on the fringe : 2) 9 ; 3) 4 and 9
Legs
- LEG III: Colour of the median part of tibia and femur : ?
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 1 : 2. white at the base ; 3. white at the base and apex
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 2 : 3. with a small apical ring ; 4. with a wide apical ring
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 3 : 2. with a small apical ring ; 3. with a wide apical ring
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 4 - An : 1. entirely dark ; 2. with a pale apical ring ; 5. entirely white
- 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 ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; France ; Greece ; Hungary ; Italy ; Kosovo ; Macedonia ; Montenegro ; Romania ; Sardinia ; Serbia ; Sicily ; Slovakia ; Spain
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Western Palaearctic Region : Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; Crimean Peninsula ; Cyprus Island ; Georgia ; Jordan ; Lebanon ; Moldova ; Russia - Southwestern ; Syria ; Turkey ; Ukraine
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Western Palaearctic Region : Libya ; Morocco