The subgenus Stegomyia of Aedes in the Afrotropical Region with keys to the species (Diptera: Culicidae)
Author
Yiau-Min Huang
text
Zootaxa
2004
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.166051
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1-877354-57-0
166051
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THE
AFRICANUS
GROUP
(male of
maxgermaini
unknown)
16(4). Claspette with numerous simple setae on the expanded distal portion and bearing no stronger, spinelike seta on the apicomesal corner (
Huang 1990,
Figs. 10
C; 16C
)......................................................................................................................17 Claspette with numerous simple setae on the expanded distal portion and bearing 13 stronger, spinelike setae on the apicomesal corner (
Huang 1990,
Figs. 13
C; 20A, B; 23A, B
).................................................................................................... 18 17(16). Claspette with distal expanded portion oval in dorsal aspect, with numerous simple setae on the apicolateral portion, and with some rather short setae on the apicomesal portion (dissected) (
Huang 1990,
Fig. 16
C
)
........................
luteocephalus
Claspette with distal expanded portion subtriangular in dorsal aspect (narrows towards the apicolateral angle, becomes broader apicomesally, with apicomesal corner rounded), with numerous simple setae on the expanded distal portion (dissected) (
Huang 1990,
Fig. 10
C
)
................................................................
africanus
18(16). Claspette with distal expanded portion subtriangular or oval in dorsal aspect (
Huang 1990,
Figs. 13
C; 20A, B
)......................................................................... 19 Claspette with distal expanded portion square in dorsal aspect (
Huang 1990,
Figs. 23
A, B
) ............................................................................................................... 21
19(18). Claspette with distal expanded portion subtriangular in dorsal aspect (narrows towards the apicomesal angle, becomes broader apicolaterally, with apicolateral corner rounded), with 1 stronger, spinelike seta on the apicomesal angle (
Huang 1990,
Fig. 13
C
)
..............................................................................................
corneti
Claspette with distal expanded portion oval in dorsal aspect (
Huang 1990,
Figs. 20
A, B
) ................................................................................................................ 20
20(19). Claspette with 2 stronger, spinelike setae on the apicomesal corner; gonostylar claw rather short and stout, about 5.3 times as long as wide (
Huang 1990,
Fig. 20
A
) .....................................................................................................
neoafricanus
Claspette
with 3 stronger, spinelike setae on the apicomesal corner; gonostylar claw long and slender, about 8.5 times as long as wide (
Huang 1990,
Fig. 20
B
)
.... ..................................................................................................................
ruwenzori
21(18). Apicomesal angle of claspette with a narrow thumblike projection and bearing 2 stronger, spinelike setae (
Huang 1990,
Fig. 23
B
)
........................
pseudoafricanus
Apicomesal angle of claspette without such a projection, with 1 strong, spinelike seta on the apicomesal angle and with 1smaller spinelike seta laterad of it (
Huang 1990,
Fig. 23
A
)
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opok