Anopheles plumbeus (L)
Anopheles plumbeus Stephens, 1828
Type-loc: North Ireland
Short single cephalic setae, most particularly setae 5, 6 and 4-C, are diagnostic. Clypeal setae 2-C close together (diagnostic for the Anopheles subgenus).
Anopheles plumbeus (L)
Anopheles plumbeus (L)
Head
- HEAD: Antennal ornamentation : 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 : 1. entirely dark
- HEAD: Look of the maxillary palpus scales : 1. plastered scales, smooth palp all along
- HEAD: Number of white rings on the maxillary palpus : 1. none
- HEAD: Antennal seta 1-A : 1. about the middle of the antenna
- HEAD: Number of branches of the antenna seta 1-A : 1. simple
- HEAD: Distance between the clypeal setae 2-C : 1. shorter than the space between 2-C and 3-C
- HEAD: Form of seta 3-C : 3. aciculate on its entire length
- HEAD: Form of seta 4-C : 1. smooth
- HEAD: Form of seta 5-C : 1. simple
- HEAD: Number of branches of the seta 8-C : 1. 1 branch
- HEAD: Number of branches of the seta 9-C : 1. 1 branch
- HEAD: Form of seta 2-C : 3. aciculate nearly on its entire length
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
- THORAX: Shape of the insertion of seta 1-P : 2. directly on the integument
- THORAX: Shape of the seta 3-T : 2. not palmate
- THORAX: Number of branches of the setae 9-M & 10-M : 1. both setae single
- THORAX: Number of branches of the setae 9-T & 10-T : 1. both setae single
- THORAX: Shape of the seta 1-P : 2. pectinate
Wings
Legs
- LEG III: Colour of the median part of tibia and femur : 1. homogenous dark colour
- 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
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: Ornamentation of the tergites : 3. with only seta
- ABDOMEN: Respiratory aperture - Siphon : 1. directly opening on the segment VIII - Anopheles genus
- ABDOMEN: Leaflets apex of the palmate hair on the segments IV and V : 1. terminal filament absent or slightly developed
- ABDOMEN: Distribution of palmate hairs : 2. segments II to VII
- ABDOMEN: Number of accesory plates on segment V : 2. 1 plate present
- ABDOMEN: Number of branches of the seta 2-V : 1. 1 branch ; 2. 2 to 3 branches
- ABDOMEN: Number of branches of the seta 6-IV : 2. 3 branches ; 3. 4 branches ; 4. 5 branches ; 5. 6 branches
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: West of Western Palaearctic Region : Albania ; Austria ; Belgium ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Bulgaria ; Corsica ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; Denmark ; Estonia ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Hungary ; Ireland ; Italy ; Kosovo ; Lithuania ; Luxembourg ; Macedonia ; Montenegro ; Netherlands ; Poland ; Portugal ; Romania ; Sardinia ; Serbia ; Sicily ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; Spain ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; United Kingdom
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Western Palaearctic Region : Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; Belarus ; Crimean Peninsula ; Georgia ; Moldova ; Russia - Southwestern ; Syria ; Turkey ; Ukraine
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Western Palaearctic Region : Algeria ; Morocco ; Tunisia