Phlebotomus caucasicus (M)
Phlebotomus caucasicus Marzinowsky, 1917
Subgenus: Paraphlebotomus Theodor, 1948
Males of P. caucasicus is easily distinguished from the other Paraphlebotomus males by its characteristic, complex gonocoxal basal lobe.
Phlebotomus caucasicus (M)
Phlebotomus caucasicus (M)
Phlebotomus caucasicus (M)
Phlebotomus caucasicus (M)
Phlebotomus caucasicus (M)
SAMPLING AREA
- SAMPLING AREA: West of Western Palaearctic Region : non décrit
- SAMPLING AREA: South of Western Palaearctic Region : non décrit
- SAMPLING AREA: East of Western Palaearctic Region : Armenia ; Azerbaijan ; Georgia ; Iran ; Turkey (Anatolia)
FEMALE GENITALIA
FEMALE HEAD
- ANTENNA: Length of A III : 2. 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 : 3. Gonocoxite with developed and complex basal lobe that bears most of the hairs on the ventral surface (Paraphlebotomus subgenus)
- 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: Position of the apical spines on the gonostyle : 1. Apical spines terminal ; 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) : 2. > 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 : 2. A III > A IV + A V
- MALE PHARYNX: Presence of pharyngeal teeth : 1. Present
- MALE HEAD: Palpal formula : 4. 1 - (2 - 4) - 3 - 5
- MALE HEAD: AIII / L (µm) : 3. 1 < x ≤ 1.5
- MALE HEAD: Antennal Formula : 1. 1 / 3 - 15 ; 2. 1 / 4 - 15 ; 3. 2 / 3 - 5 & 1 / 6 -15 ; 4. 2 / 3 - 7 & 1 / 8 -15 ; 5. 2 / 3 - 8 & 1 / 9 -15 ; 6. 2 / 3 - 11 & 1 / 12 -13 ; 7. 2 / 3 - 12 & 1 / 13 -15 ; 8. 2 / 3 - 14 ; 9. 2 / 3 - 15