Anopheles rhodesiensis rupicolus (F)
Anopheles rhodesiensis rupicola Theobald, 1901
Type-loc: Southern Rhodesia
This species is close to Anopheles dthali but has darker wings and palpus, spots on the wings differ.
Anopheles rhodesiensis rupicolus (F)
Anopheles rhodesiensis rupicolus (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
- HEAD: Number of white rings on the maxillary palpus : 1. none ; 2. 2 rings
Thorax
- THORAX: Covering of the scutum : 1. with setae only ; 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
- WING: Number of pale marks on the costal margin : 2. with 1 spot ; 3. with 2 spots
- WING: Ornamentation of the base (alula) : 2. without a fringe of scales
- WING: Wing length from insertion to apex : 1. shorter than 3 mm ; 2. between 3 - 3,5 mm ; 3. between 3,6 - 4 mm
- WING: Arrangement of the pale spots on the fringe : 1) without spot ; 2) 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
- 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