Phlebotomus alexandri (M)
Phlebotomus alexandri Sinton, 1928
Subgenus: Paraphlebotomus Theodor, 1948
Male P. alexandri is easily distinguished from the other Paraphlebotomus males by its short AIII (3rd antennal segment) and its gonocoxal basal lobe with an enlarged head on a narrow neck.
Phlebotomus alexandri (M)
Phlebotomus alexandri (M)
Phlebotomus alexandri (M)
Phlebotomus alexandri (M)
Phlebotomus alexandri (M)
Phlebotomus alexandri (M)
Phlebotomus alexandri (M)
SAMPLING AREA
- SAMPLING AREA: West of Western Palaearctic Region : Bulgaria ; Crete ; Greece ; Kosovo ; Republic of North Macedonia ; Romania ; Serbia ; Spain (continental)
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Western Palaearctic Region : Algeria ; Egypt ; Libya ; Morocco ; Tunisia
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Western Palaearctic Region : Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; Crimean Peninsula ; Cyprus Island ; Iran ; Iraq ; Israel ; Jordan ; Kuwait ; Lebanon ; Oman ; Palestine ; Saudi Arabia ; Syria ; Turkey (Anatolia) ; Ukraine ; United Arab Emirates ; Yemen
FEMALE GENITALIA
FEMALE HEAD
- ANTENNA: Length of A III : 1. A III < A IV + A V
- FEMALE PHARYNX: PA for Phlebotomus subgenus : non décrit
- FEMALE PHARYNX: PA for Paraphlebotomus subgenus : non décrit
- FEMALE PHARYNX: PA for Synphlebotomus subgenus : non décrit
- FEMALE HEAD: Palpal formula : non décrit
MALE GENITALIA
- MALE GENITALIA: Gonostyle : 2. Short and bears 4 long spines, both median and apical spines present
- MALE GENITALIA: Paramere : 1. Unilobed
- MALE GENITALIA: Gonocoxite with or without basal lobe : 2. Gonocoxite with developed and simple basal lobe that bears most of the hairs on the terminal surface (Paraphlebotomus, Synphlebotomus subgenera)
- MALE GENITALIA: Aedegal duct / sperm pump ratio (µm) : 1. ≤ 2
- MALE GENITALIA: General shape of aedegus (Parameral sheath) : 1. Short and conical
- MALE GENITALIA: Position of gonocoxal hairs : 6. No gonocoxal hair
- MALE GENITALIA: Number of hairs on the gonocoxal basal lobe (Average) : 1. Lobe with > 45 hairs
- MALE GENITALIA: Length of gonostyle : 2. > 100 µm, ≤ 150 µm
- MALE GENITALIA: Shape of gonocoxal basal lobe : 1. Basal lobe with an enlarged head with narrow neck
- MALE GENITALIA: Length and arrengement of hairs on the gonocoxal basal lobe : 1. Hairs in equal length, not exceeding the end of the coxite ; 3. Hairs in subequal length, arranged irregularly, not exceeding the end of the coxite
- MALE GENITALIA: Position of the apical spines on the gonostyle : 2. One apical terminal, the other one subterminal
- MALE GENITALIA: Epandrial lobe (Surstyle) : 3. without any spine
- MALE GENITALIA: Epandrial lobe (Surstyle) / gonocoxite ratio (µm) : 1. ≤ 1
- MALE GENITALIA: Position of seta on the style : 6. Absent
- MALE GENITALIA: Types of short and conical aedegus (parameral sheath) : 2. Hooked at the tip
MALE HEAD
- MALE CIBARIUM: Cibarial armature : 2. Without teeth or with rudimentary teeth
- ANTENNA: Length of A III : 1. A III < A IV + A V
- MALE PHARYNX: Presence of pharyngeal teeth : 1. Present
- MALE HEAD: Palpal formula : 3. 1 - 2 - 4 - 3 - 5 ; 4. 1 - (2 - 4) - 3 - 5 ; 5. 1 - 4 - 2 - 3 - 5
- MALE HEAD: AIII / L (µm) : 2. 0.5 < x ≤ 1
- MALE HEAD: Antennal Formula : 9. 2 / 3 - 15