Aedes apicoargenteus

Yiau-Min Huang, 2004, The subgenus Stegomyia of Aedes in the Afrotropical Region with keys to the species (Diptera: Culicidae), Zootaxa 700, pp. 1-120 : 16

THE APICOARGENTEUS GROUP

DIAGNOSIS. (1) Maxillary palpus with white scales; (2) scutum with dorsocentral setae; (3) scutum with a distinct patch of broader crescent­shaped white scales on fossal area; (4) subspiracular area with broad white scales; (5) postspiracular area without scales; (6) paratergite with broad white scales; (7) white knee­spot absent on forefemur, present on mid­ and hindfemora; (8) midfemur with a large, white spot on anterior surface; (9) hindtibia anteriorly dark, with a white stripe in subbasal area; (10) hindtarsus with a basal white band at least on tarsomeres 1–3; (11) hindtarsomere 4 with a basal white band to all white; and (12) abdominal basal white band on terga VI–VII rather long, extended to 0.5– 0.9 length of tergum.