Orthopodomyia pulcripalpis (F)
Orthopodomyia pulcripalpis (Rondani, 1872)
Type-loc: Italy
Orthopodomyia genus is represented by only one species in the coverage area of this identification key. Female can be distinguished from 4th tarsal segment being shorter than 5th but this isn’t the case for the males. Distinctive pattern on the scutum and white scale patch on the basal part of the wing allows to identify this species very easily.
Orthopodomyia pulcripalpis (F)
Orthopodomyia pulcripalpis (F)
Head
- HEAD - THORAX: Anopheles or not : 1. maxillary palpus clearly shorter than proboscis ; 3. scutellum clearly trilobate
- HEAD: Colour of maxillary palpus : 2. dark at the base and pale at the apex ; 3. with mixed dark and pale scales
- HEAD: Colour of proboscis : 5. with a clearly marked median pale ring
Thorax
- THORAX: Prespiracular and postspiracular setae : 1. prespiracular and postspiracular setae absent
- THORAX: Scutum's ornamentation : 2. with continuous bands
- THORAX: Shape of the longitudinal lines : 1. straight lines
- THORAX: Scutum's continuous bands : 1. dark with pale bands
- THORAX: Aedes albopictus or Aedes cretinus : non décrit
Wings
- WING: General ornamentation of the wing : 7. with only a pale spot on the base of subcosta and radius veins
- WING: Colour of the scales on the wing veins : 3. mixed dark and pale scales on all the veins
- WING: Number of pale marks on the costal margin : non décrit
- WING: Uranotaenia or not : 2. apex of anal vein ends after mcu/cuA fork ; 4. length of the R2+R3 vein is shorter than R2/R3
- WING: Ornamentation of the base (alula) : 1. with a fringe of scales
- WING: Wing length from insertion to apex : 5. between 4,6 - 5 mm ; 6. longer than 5 mm
- WINGS and LEGS I - III: Culex or Coquillettidia : 1. wing scales broad, pulvili absent, claws larger - Coquillettidia genus
Legs
- LEG I: Orthopodomyia or not : 1. tarsomere 4 is shorter than tarsomere 5 ; 3. length of tarsomere 1 is longer than tarsomere 2 through 5
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 1 : 1. entirely dark, at most with 2 pale rings (basal and apical) ; 6. scatered with pale scales
- LEG III: Colour of tarsomere 5 : 3. entirely white
- LEG III: Colour of tibia : 1. entirely dark ; 7. specled, in the median area at least
Abdomen
- ABDOMEN: Colour of the scales on the tergite : 4. with silvery white and dark scales
- ABDOMEN: Ornametation of tergite III : 1. entirely dark ; 2. with a basal pale band
Distribution
- SAMPLING AREA: West of Western Palaearctic Region : Albania ; Belgium ; Bulgaria ; Croatia ; France ; Greece ; Hungary ; Italy ; Macedonia ; Montenegro ; Portugal ; Romania ; Serbia ; Spain ; Switzerland ; United Kingdom
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Western Palaearctic Region : Azerbaijan ; Crimean Peninsula ; Lebanon ; Russia - Southwestern ; Turkey ; Ukraine
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Western Palaearctic Region : Algeria ; Libya ; Madeira ; Morocco ; Tunisia